This article focuses on a framework that will investigate the integration of two disparate methodologies: patient journey modelling and visual multi-agent simulation, and its impact on the speed and quality of knowledge translation to healthcare stakeholders. Literature describes patient journey modelling and visual simulation as discrete activities. This paper suggests that their combination a...

Waste policy is increasingly moving on from the 'prevention of waste' to a 'sustainable materials policy' focused agenda recognising individual wastes as a resource. In order to comparatively analyse policy developments in enhanced waste management, three case studies were selected; San Francisco's Zero Waste Program, Flanders's Sustainable Materials Management Initiative and Japan's Sound Mate...

This Teaching Case has been developed to assist students in introductory first year MIS courses to develop an understanding of business context, while building practical expertise in IS modeling techniques and problem solving. The case has been formulated around a small financial planning practice, in order to work in a learning environment where students may not have had any (or limited) expos...

While developing a web-based travel planning system, the necessity to implement a mobile component has been identified. Such a conception is aimed at a comprehensive support of a workflow that enables users to plan a trip in advance using the web-based application, but to modify the original plan wherever and whenever they want while carrying out the journey. Within both components, POI (Point-...

1.1 Motivation Much research is currently being undertaken in transportation to create more realistic models of transportation networks that account for the spatial heterogeneity in those transportation networks (Mark and Sadek, 2004), and also the different modes of transport that may be used. Simply assuming that users will travel at the maximum speed limit for a particular class of road fail...

Airlines and their services are very often part of the supply chain in tourism. Therefore, the quality of on-board service contributes to the passengers’ overall satisfaction with the entire journey. Given that the cost of personnel is the second highest component of direct operational costs next to fuel, airlines are more inclined to reduce the level of their workforces rather than to invest i...

Moving workloads on to cloud, promises to be an attractive investment for enterprises planning for a sustainable IT landscape. However, leveraging the existing IT investment of an organization and moving them over to the cloud environment with minimum business disruption and costs, seems to be the biggest challenge in adopting cloud based modernization. Enterprise workloads move into cloud deli...

BACKGROUND The aim of this project was to develop a toolkit to assist persons with dementia (PWD) and their caregivers, in planning for retirement from driving. The information gathered was used to develop a tool that can assist reflection about, and make sound decisions in this challenging area of the dementia journey. The purpose is to keep safe drivers on the road and to prepare those who ar...

The Tibetan Book of the Dead is actually a manual for the living. It details the journey each soul must make ofter death as reported back by meditators who used their lives to journey on other planes and bring back information about how reality is constructed. What can we expect after death? The Tibetan Book of the Dead is a guide for the soul, but also is related to every day life. Once you re...

For people with disabilities the Web holds great chances for transforming former barriers to information access, communication and participation at work and in social life. The research question underlying the described project is: What potentials do the Web and the latest Internet-technologies offer to students with extensive mobility limitations in terms of staying in touch with other people ...