Article presents the possibility of using computer modelling and simulation methods for assessing the risk and stability of production systems. Analysis of the stability depending on the occurrence of risk factors was presented through the example of a bogie frames manufacturing plant undergoing reorganization. In order to ensure smooth functioning of a production system, the stability of its p...

While much has been published on the advantages of organic agriculture, less has addressed its potentials and challenges to fight undernourishment in developing countries. This article aims at reviewing the main potentials and challenges of this approach when dealing with “undernourishment” as a multi-faceted concept in developing countries. Accordingly, two main issues of the concept which are...

A long-term hydrogen-based scenario of the global energy system is described in qualitative and quantitative terms here, illustrating the key role of hydrogen in a long-term transition toward a clean and sustainable energy future. In an affluent, low-population-growth, equity and sustainability-oriented B l-H2 world, hydrogen technologies experience substantial but plausible performance and cos...

By automating and supporting the picture production process and improving the quality of situation pictures, data fusion has become an important aid in military surveillance. Recognised Maritime Picture (RMP) production is inherently a distributed process, and effective information exchange protocols are a supplementary aid to data fusion. This paper focuses on situation pictures supporting mar...

The main objective when teaching the Production and Operations Management (POM) course is to provide students with the understanding and ability to apply theories and principles to real-world production. However, the teaching of this course is clearly different from some other courses in which students can apply theories to laboratory simulations; for example, the Plant Design course. This pape...

This paper analyzes the effect of landowner risk preferences and land quality on the optimal mix of vertically integrated production and contracted production of an energy crop in a region characterized by heterogeneity in landowners’ risk preferences and land quality and with riskiness of returns from both energy crop and conventional crop production. We examine the determinants of the decisio...