Fall/Winter 2011 • volume xviii, issue 1 Copyright © 2011 by the Brown Journal of World Affairs Martin Libicki is a senior management scientist at the RAND Corporation, where he focuses on the impact of information technology on security. Prior to joining RAND in 1998, he worked at the National Defense University. He also teaches at Georgetown University and the U.S. Naval Academy. The Nature o...

In this article we highlight the application of Operations Research (OR) at BASF in the area of supply chain management (SCM) through the use of selected examples with annual cost savings ranging between several hundred thousand and several million e. We address special characteristics of the process industry that have to be dealt with and identify future research needs. The examples cover stra...

The Madrid Conference on Queueing Theory (MCQT) aims to be a meeting place where scientists and technicians in the field will find a discussion forum to promote research, encourage interaction and exchange ideas. The conference is open to all trends including the development of the theory, methodology advances, computational aspects and applications of Queueing Theory. Papers submitted for this...

Stochastic Models Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713597301 Monitoring of Stochastic Particle Systems: Analysis and Optimization I. Eliazar a; U. Yechiali b a Department of Technology Management, Holon Institute of Technology, Holon, Israel b Department of Statistics & Operations Research, Scho...

The concept of value co-creation and its notion of the customer as co-creator of value have gained much academic interest, notably in marketing and operations research. While several competing perspectives have been conceptually discussed in literature, research on the practical implications of value co-creation is scarce. Using the example of sales-oriented advisory, we show gaps between exist...

The Department of Health (DH) Accident and Emergency (A&E) simulation model was developed by Operational Research analysts within DH to inform the national policy team of significant barriers to the national target for 98% of all A&E attendances to be completed (discharged, transferred or admitted) within four hours of arrival in England by December 2004. This paper discusses why the model was ...

Alberto Caprara DEIS, Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 2, I-40136 Bologna, Italy, [email protected] Adam N. Letchford Department of Management Science, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YX, Great Britain, [email protected] Juan-José Salazar-González DEIOC, Universidad de La Laguna, c/ Astrof́ısico Francisco Sánchez, s/n E-38271 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, jjsalaza@...

1. Sociocultural Behavior Understanding From the intelligence analyst in the command center identifying deviations from typical patterns of life to the small unit leader on the ground negotiating with a village elder, the ability to understand sociocultural behavior is vital for achieving mission success. According to Schmorrow (2011), accurate analysis of sociocultural behavior requires a “tho...

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