Modern Mashing Operations

Essays in Modern Operations Management

This thesis explores three problems in modern operations management that have arisen in response to recent technological advances that have changed management practice. Our first chapter discusses the regulation of electricity markets with rooftop solar, whose adoption has recently seen a dramatic increase. The second and third chapters study problems arising from the increased availability of ...

Recent Trends in Modern Operations Management

Web-key: Mashing with Permission

Mashups, web applications that interact with other web applications, are receiving increasing developer interest and providing users with valuable new functionality. When one or more of the interacting applications have access control requirements, many design challenges arise. Failure to meet these challenges brings unnecessary risk to the user. Addressing the challenges using a poorly suited ...

Sleep Disturbance Implications for Modern Military Operations

As is evident from current military operations that are happening around the globe (e.g., Iraq, Afghanistan, Korea), today’s military is being called on in numerous new and innovative ways (e.g., Foster & Lindsay, 2011). One of the primary forces behind this change is the pervasiveness of enhanced information systems. In fact, the concept of networked warfare is the basis of operations and doct...

Mixing and Mashing Website Themes

WordPress offers users a wide choice of themes defining the structure, functionality, layout and presentation of a website together with its content types. These themes are shared by the WordPress community, enabling users to benefit from the skills of others. However, it is not possible to mix themes, so users often have to choose from a set of themes that only partially meet their requirement...