Researchers in Organization Theory have suggested that the way an organization, business unit or department is managed should vary according to the uncertainty inherent in its environment. Similarly, several IS researchers have suggested that the way an IS development project is managed should depend on the risk or uncertainty of the project. However, the contingency relationships hypothesized ...

Probabilistic planning is an inherently multi-objective problem where plans must trade-off probability of goal satisfaction with expected plan cost. To date, probabilistic plan synthesis algorithms have focussed on single objective formulations that bound one of the objectives by making some unnatural assumptions. We show that a multi-objective formulation is not only needed, but also enables u...

This is the last part of a two-part survey of optimization models and solution algorithms for emergency response planning in electric distribution systems. The first part of the survey addresses reliability planning problems with fault considerations related to electric distribution operations. The aim of this second part is to provide a comprehensive survey of optimization models and solution ...

Voltage instability is one phenomenon that could happen in power system due to its stressed condition. The result would be the occurrence of voltage collapse which leads to total blackout to the whole system. Therefore voltage collapse prediction is important in power system planning and operation. Line outage in power system could also lead to the event of voltage collapse which implies the co...

The creation of a flight schedule and the associated crew planning are clearly among most complicated tasks in terms traffic preparation. Even with relatively small number pilots aircraft, numerous specific constraints arising from real operations must be included calculation, thus increasing complexity process. However, even precision-planned operation, non-standard situations often occur, whi...

AN ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF WHITE CRAPPIE (POMOXIS ANNULARIS) CULTURE METHODS Due to uncertain inputs into production, the development of a successful aquaculture operation requires meticulous business and contingency planning efforts. Given the degree of complexity involved in creating these plans, however, the culturist must often consider and carefully analyze an array of options presented to ...

The increased complexity of the transmission grid can endanger operational security grid. Operational risk assessment, a stochastic tool, helps to enhance security. Contingency analysis and its impact quantification are main constituents assessment. In this study, different graphical methods proposed visualize contingency-based detailed results: heat-map risk-based contingency chart. Through he...