Diffusion processes in networks are increasingly used to model the spread of information and social influence. In several applications in computational sustainability such as the spread of wildlife, infectious diseases and traffic mobility pattern, the observed data often consists of only aggregate information. In this work, we present new models that generalize standard diffusion processes to ...

Purpose The lack of suitable indicators tailored to manufacturing industries’ needs, particularly small and medium enterprises (SMEs), has been the major challenge measure manage industrial sustainability performance. This paper aims empirically analyze select useful applicable performance in context SMEs. Design/methodology/approach A systematic review was carried out identify potential from l...

Technology-based sustainability enhancement is a key approach for industrial sustainability realization. However, identification of effective technologies for any industrial system could be very challenging. If the available data and information about the industrial system and technologies are incomplete, imprecise, and uncertain, then technology identification could be very difficult. In this ...

This paper constructs an additive two-stage network DEA (data envelopment analysis) model with consideration of undesirable outputs and shared inputs. Following the triple bottom line standard of sustainability, we calculate both the overall and sub-stage sustainability performance of railway transportation in China from 2002 to 2013, from the aspects of economy, environment and society. The re...

For many years, Higher education institutions have been engaging with sustainability, many focussing on environmental ones. In this context, two phenomena have arisen that have, usually, been studied separately: (1) engineering schools have been at the forefront of sustainability efforts; and (2) women have tended to be more concerned about of environmental sustainability than men are. This pap...

The aim of this paper is to use DEA models to evaluate sustainability in agriculture. Several variables are taken into account and the resulting efficiency is measured by comparison. The performance of family farms is analysed here (variables: farmed area, work force, and production). As agricultural sustainability depends on the maintenance of systems of production for long periods of time, th...

A method is introduced to incorporate sustainability considerations in the early design stages, while simultaneously accounting for supply chain factors, such as cost and lead time. Overall, this work is our first step in understanding the trade-offs between sustainability metrics and more traditional supply chain performance metrics (i.e., cost and lead time). Based on our understanding of the...

Lack of overview of standard requirements; evaluation of the organisation’s status quo and appreciation of possibilities to satisfy society’s expectations are the most important obstacles when the question “Whether to issue a Sustainability Report or not?” should find an answer. This paper bases on Global Reporting Initiative G3.1 performance indicators and UN Global Compact sustainability prin...

A dynamic systems modeling approach is being developed for assessing the sustainability of an industrial sector. Assessing systems sustainability is a complex undertaking and entails the synthesis of large quantities of information from different sources. In this approach, those environmental performance measures relevant to the industrial sector in question are first identified. Then a systems...