B et al. (2005) describe an approach for using traditional decision analysis tools to solve real-option valuation problems. Their approach calls for a mix of discounted cash flow analysis and risk-neutral valuation methods and is implemented using Monte Carlo simulation and binomial decision trees. In this note, I critique their approach and discuss some alternative approaches for solving these...

Agent-oriented programming languages have gone a long way in the level of sophistication offered to programmers, and there has also been much progress in tools to support multi-agent systems development using such languages. However, much work is still required in mechanisms that can reduce the burden, typically placed on programmers, of ensuring that agents behave rationally, hence being effec...

Globally, the growing production of food commodities generates significant quantities agroindustrial residues, most which are untreated and disposed as waste through either burning, dumping into land, or unplanned landfilling, thereby causing environmental pollution, public health problems, decreased soil organic matter productivity. A literature review has been conducted on current crop residu...