Activity management system deals with management and execution of activities. A problem solving agent is a human, or a hardware, or a software system having an ability to execute activities. An activity consists of multiple interdependent tasks that need to be coordinated , scheduled and executed by a set of problem solving agents, where each task is an atomic activity executed by exactly one p...

tiple GRD chips can be easily connected to configure scalable neural network hardware. Because a RISC processor is incorporated within the GRD chip, it does not need the host machine control for these tasks. This is desirable for embedded systems in practical industrial applications, together with the fast online learning capability. The results on simulating an adaptive equalizer in digital mo...

Loop-iteration level parallelism is one of the most common forms of parallelism being exploited by optimizing compilers and parallel machines. In this study, we selected 6 large application programs and used an execution-driven simulation technique from MaxPar 5] to identify and to measure the eeectiveness of concurrent DOACROSS loops execution. It was found that executing DOACROSS loops serial...

The Globemen Consortium has developed the virtual enterprise reference architecture and methodology (VERAM), based on GERAM and developed reference models for virtual enterprise management and joint mission delivery. The planned virtual enterprise capability includes the areas of sales and marketing, global engineering, and customer relationship management. The reference models are the basis fo...

We analyze capability-seeking aspects of foreign direct investment by examining the relationship between upstream (technological) and downstream (marketing) capabilities and the choice between acquisition and greenfield modes of international entry. In analyzing 2,175 entries by British, German and Japanese investors into the United States, we find that for downstream capabilities, which tend n...

Although prior research has addressed the influence of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on perceived customer responses, it is not clear whether CSR affects market value of the firm. This study develops and tests a conceptual framework, which predicts that (1) customer satisfaction partially mediates the relationship between CSR and firm market value (i.e., Tobin’s q and stock return), (2)...

Offering a PSS that is based on co-creating value with customer, starts with understanding customer needs. Customer understanding is realized through the process of managing customer knowledge across a PSS value network. In this respect, customer knowledge management (CKM) is seen as a core business capability. We extend the notion of CKM capability to a PSS value network, defining it as a valu...

This paper proposes a new hardware-based energy management technique for future embedded multithreaded processors with integrated Earliest Deadline First (EDF) real-time scheduling. Our energy management technique controls frequency reduction and dynamic voltage scaling depending on the deadlines, the Worst Case Execution Times (WCET), and the real execution times. Hard real-time capability can...