We present our compiler intermediate representation FIRM. Programs are always in SSA-form enabling a concise graph-based representation. We argue that this naturally encodes context information simplifying many analyses and optimizations. Instructions are connected by dependency edges relaxing the total to a partial order inside a basic block. For example alias analysis results can be directly ...

Work-related injuries continue to be a major financial issue for employers, particularly in small construction firms across the United States. The financial burden of serious work-related injuries and illnesses impacts large and small firms alike, as do the hidden indirect costs that come with work-related injuries, such as lost work time, replacement workers, administrative costs, low morale, ...

Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) contributes 98% of the economy in Hong Kong. However, the semi-structured nature of finance optimization problems is still unsolved in financial decisions, especially in the construction industry. The research presented in this paper illustrates an adaptive genetic algorithm (AGA) approach to the selection of funding schemes by a modified construction loan acqu...

Project execution in the construction industry faces major challenges, e.g. difficulty in coordination and cooperation. Operational procurement during project execution is no exception. In this paper we construct a maturity model, based on earlier work, consisting of six dimensions (goal, control, process, organization, information, technology) and five maturity stages (transactional-oriented, ...

The construction industry of Estonia has experienced a period of economic growth which has started to turn down for now and the output forecasts state that this recess will continue. While the availability of unskilled workforce will be growing, the lack of high quality skills in the labour market is becoming even more acute when, after joining EU, skilled construction craftsmen have a choice o...

Construction is a large, dynamic, and complex industry sector that plays an important role in the U.S. economy. Construction workers and employers build our roads, houses, and workplaces and repair and maintain our nation's physical infrastructure. Construction work can involve building of new structures, which may include activities involved with subdivi­ ding land for sale as building sites o...

Introduction During the last thirty years, the financial markets have demonstrated the remarkably dynamic nature of competitive advantage and reward derived from innovative investments in information technology (IT). Pioneers like Batterymarch Financial Management, whose early use of mainframe-based decision support for equity portfolio construction resulted in large profits for the firm, showe...

Economic Discourses and Economic Dispositives On Coordination: Stories and Meaning Making in Markets | by Sophie Mützel_4 Dispositive, Discourse and the Economy | by Dietmar J. Wetzel_10 “Days of Revelation” | by Ronald Hartz_17 Spectral Performativity | by Jens Maeße_25 How the Firm Became Consultable | by Christian Schmidt-Wellenburg_32 Justification, Conventions, and Institutions in Economic...

An assessment method of organizational effectiveness which considers the important organizational attributes of the architectural/construction firm is described. The method is based on a validated configurational approach identified as the competing values approach. In this paper, theoretical approaches used to model organizational effectiveness and the logic of using the selected approach is d...

In this paper we develop a rigorous modeling and analytical framework for the design of sustainable supply chain networks. We consider a firm that is engaged in determining the capacities of its various supply chain activities, that is, the manufacturing, storage, and distribution of the product to the demand locations. The firm is faced with both capital costs associated with constructing the ...