Two key impediments for the commercial success of model-based diagnosis (MBD) include (a) a failure to integrate diagnostics modeling within the requirements and design phase, and (b) a high degree of diagnostic ambiguity during run-time. This article addresses both of these impediments by providing a formal framework that integrates requirements-based design with MBD modeling. The proposed fra...

The benefits of collaborative purchasing are many, yet in the healthcare sector, in particular at hospitals, it is still uncommon. In this paper we identify major impediments for collaborative purchasing, resulting in a first component of our proposed collaborative e-purchasing model for hospitals; as a second component it contains a collaborative purchasing typology. After analysis of a first ...

Supply Chain Management (SCM) is seldom more difficult than during disaster relief efforts. As these supply chains quickly form, the lack of information flow presents a major hindrance to coordinating the flow of resources necessary for disaster relief efforts. This paper identifies impediments to the flow of information through supply chains following large scale and catastrophic disasters. Gi...