Modem competitive scenario necessitates the achievement of strategic fit between competitive and supply chain strategies, for effective and economic response in filling customer's orders, by a manufacturing enterprise. Towards this end, all the decisions (strategic, planning and operational) with regard to supply chain ought to be in conformity with strategic fit zone along cost efficiency and ...

The traditional representations of games using the extensive form or the strategic (normal) form obscure much of the structure that is present in real-world games. In this paper, we propose a new representation language for general multiplayer games — multi-agent influence diagrams (MAIDs). This representation extends graphical models for probability distributions to a multi-agent decision-maki...

Wechallenge conventional accounts of the rise and fall of strategic planningby examining the history and evolution of strategic planning practices at the General Electric Company (GE) during six CEO regimes: Wilson, Cordiner, Borch, Jones, Welch and Immelt. We distinguish strategic planningd a system of strategy formulation, decision making and controld from particular planning technologies suc...

This research used academic and practitioner literature to inductively derive a strategic DSS evaluation framework considering how fit between environment, decision, and user results in strategic outcomes. Once derived, this framework was used to derive a number of high-velocity strategic DSS attributes that may be used to evaluate candidate systems.

This paper describes The MITRE Corporation Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (CAASD) research towards simulation of advanced aviation concepts. Research activities are aimed toward improving tactical and strategic decision making methods in the near and long term. We describe how CAASD simulation capabilities assist in determining how to achieve our goals for improving tactical an...

Presently, there is a growing demand from the healthcare community to leverage upon and transform the vast quantities of healthcare data into value-added, 'decision-quality' knowledge, vis-à-vis, strategic knowledge services oriented towards healthcare management and planning. To meet this end, we present a Strategic Knowledge Services Info-structure that leverages on existing healthcare knowle...

We present a description and initial results of a computer code that coevolves Fuzzy Logic rules to play a two-sided zero-sum competitive game. It is based on the TEMPO Military Planning Game that has been used to teach resource allocation to over 20,000 students over the past 40 years. No feasible algorithm for optimal play is known. The coevolved rules, when pitted against human players, usua...

We begin with the broader view where knowledge is considered a strategic asset[1]. More specifically, we are talking about the kind of knowledge that supports planning and decision making[2]. A Strategic Knowledge Map (SKM) is a graphic representation of how a firm understands the workings of its world. The Map is a diagram—a visualization of your decision-making options, limitations, opportuni...

Hollywood blockbusters are usually released in the U.S. before other foreign markets. The release gaps have declined significantly over time and varied greatly across countries. While movie piracy has been suggested as an important determinant for the release gap decision of distributors, theory and evidence suggest there are other important determinants. In this paper, we use a discrete choice...