Agent-based auction trading plays an important role in the electronic acquisition of products/service for organization or e-procurement, especially for MRO materials. Effective agent-based trading has multiple benefits, such as reducing inventory levels, and a dual impact of centralizing strategic procurement objectives while decentralizing the operational procurement processes (Puschmann and A...

objective: to evaluate the potentiality of ovcar–3 cell line of ovarian adenocarcinoma as a xenograft model for ovarian adenocarcinoma in nude mice. materials and methods: the cell line isolated from advanced human ovarian adenocarcinoma, were inoculated to eight nude mice and two months later. established tumors were transferred to pathology laboratory to be prepared by h&e; staining and immun...

This chapter reports the findings from an empirical analysis of the opinions of Heads of Information Technology (IT) in Local Authorities relating to e-government initiatives in Wales in the UK. A highly qualitative questionnaire sought to understand the current strategic and operational implications for the e-government agenda proposed by the National Assembly for Wales. The findings identify ...

Background Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is increasingly finding the way into all fields of human society. This development results from the believe, that computerised workflow is quicker, more efficient, and cost-effective than the traditional workflow [1]. A few years ago e-business began to reach local governments. The label e-government comprises applications and objectives...

We present a bi-objective model for a green truck scheduling and routing problem at a cross-docking system. This model determines three key decisions at the cross dock: (1) defining a sequence and schedule of inbound trucks at the receiving door, (2) specifying a sequence and a schedule of outbound trucks at the shipping door, and (3) determining the routes of the outbound truck while serving c...

Electronic government was formally introduced to the public sector in late 1990s in developed countries. Ever since its inception proponents of electronic government have been presenting it as a formula for improving the public sector through making the public sector more e-business like. In this perspective, the main objectives of public sector transformation promoted by electronic government ...