This paper demonstrates how cost benefit analysis can be applied to large-scale ERP projects, and that these methods can incorporate intangible benefits, e.g., user satisfaction. Detailed information on the business case utilized by a large computer manufacturer in the decision to implement the SAP system R/3 is presented. Techniques that demonstrate how intangibles may be included in the stand...

Traditional planning has been explored in depth. Most research is concentrated at a high level, e.g., developing coordination interaction protocols to be imposed on agents. There has been less concern about how the internal task structures of individual agents affect these higher-level coordination behaviors. When involving multiple participants, collaborative planning has been facing problems ...

Based on Game Theory and Multi-objective optimization problems (MOP), Game Optimization Theory (GOT) is discussed in this paper. Optimization Stability Analysis (OSA), Distance Entropy Multi-Objective Particle Swarm Optimization (DEMPSO) and Fuzzy Multi-weights Decision-making Method (FMW) are proposed as well. Game Optimization Theory, which is a comprehensive system, could not only handle mul...

Planning requires the careful and error-prone process of defining a domain model. This is usually performed by planning experts who should know about both the domain in hand, and the planning techniques (including sometimes the inners of these techniques or the tools that implement them). In order planning to be widely used this process should be performed by non-planning experts. On the other ...

INTRODUCTION Realist methods are increasingly being used to investigate complex public health problems. Despite the extensive evidence base clarifying the built environment as a determinant of health, there is limited knowledge about how and why land-use planning systems take on health concerns. Further, the body of research related to the wider determinants of health suffers from not using pol...

The procedure presented within, considers the problem of calculating flight time for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) while incorporating a subset of important flight dynamics characteristics in an operational field, which contains obstacles. These flight time calculations are parameter inputs in mission planning and dynamic reassignment problems. The addition of pseudonodes and the addition of ...

background: family planning is a lifestyle that is selected voluntarily and is based on the knowledge, attitude and responsible decision making by couples in order to promote the health and welfare of the family and the advancement of the society. in this regard, family planning counseling plays an important role in making informed decisions if used properly and in a responsible way. detection ...

This paper presents a mathematical model to site and size the charging infrastructure for electric vehicles (EVs) in distribution grid minimize required capital investments maximize self-consumption of local PV generation jointly. The formulation accounts operational constraints (nodal voltages, line currents, transformers' ratings) recharging times EVs. It explicitly models EV owners' flexibil...