An application’s Quality of Service (QoS) requirements refers to non-functional, run-time requirements. These requirements are usually soft in that the application is functionally correct even if the QoS requirement is not satisfied at run-time. QoS requirements are dynamic in that for a specific application, they change. The ability to satisfy an application’s QoS requirement depends on the av...

An application’s Quality of Service (QoS) requirements refers to non-functional, run-time requirements. These requirements are usually soft in that the application is functionally correct even if the QoS requirement is not satisfied at run-time. QoS requirements are dynamic in that for a specific application, they change. The ability to satisfy an application’s QoS requirement depends on the av...

Spare parts inventory management is one of the major areas of inventory research. Analysis of recent literature showed that an approach integrating spare parts classification, demand forecasting, and stock control policies is essential; however, adapting this integrated approach is limited. This work presents an integrated framework for spare part inventory management and an Excel based applica...

economic valuation of water is useful in the administration and management of water. population growth and urbanization caused municipal water demand increase in iran. limited water resource supply and urban water network capacity raised complexity in water resources management. present condition suggests using economic value of water as a criterion for allocating policies and feasibility study...

abstract in this study, we applied recently developed panel unit root and cointegration techniques to examine the long-run real income per capita and price elasticities for demand of electricity in selected middle east and north african (mena) countries using an annual data series from 1990 to 2011.our main finding from the panel analysis is that the demand for electricity is highly price elast...

The paper by Charles Bean is an excellent survey on how demand management policies may be beneficial in reducing unemployment, in the context of high, persistent unemployment among European countries. Professor Bean at the outset argues that in order to reduce the unemployment rate to a level socially acceptable (in Europe), policies are needed on both the demand and supply side. I keenly share...

Most water managers use a mixture of both supply-side and demand-side policies, seeking to capitalize on the relative advantages of each. However, supply augmentation undertaken to avoid overdrafts can reduce the effectiveness of demand management policies if the two strategies are not carefully integrated. Such a result can stem from a type of moral hazard phenomenon by which consumers, aware ...

providing of food products for increasing population, enhancing food security, increasing of production and foreign incomes are among the major program purposes of each country and monetary policies are one of the methods that immediately affected on food price and on major agriculture variables. time series analysis was used for studying the impacts of monetary policies effect on food price in...

ABSTRACT Over the past few years there has been an increasing interest in using computer simulation models to create Interactive Learning Environments ILEs, for management education. Particularly when combined with System Dynamics simulation models, ILEs have proved their validity in a variety of different fields. Starting from these considerations, this paper focuses on the use of System Dynam...