Introduction.- Balanced Growth in Decentralized Economies -- Transition to Balanced Growth -- The Finance of the Transition Phase -- Production Capacities in Decentralized Economies -- Models of Technological Progress in Decentralized Economies -- Cyclical Growth in Decentralized Economies.-...

Diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) are used in hospitals for the reimbursement of inpatient services. The assignment of a patient to a DRG can be distinguished into billing- and operations-driven DRG classification. The topic of this monograph is operations-driven DRG classification, in which DRGs...

Introduction -- Literature Review -- Single-Stage Service Level and Tardiness Model -- Simultaneous Capacity and Planned Lead Time Optimization -- Optimal Composition of Number and Size of Machines -- Service Level Constraint Models -- Conclusion.

This volume presents recent advances in the dynamic field of Artificial Economics and its various applications. Artificial Economics provides a structured approach to model and investigate economic and social systems. In particular, this approach is based on the use of agent-based simulations...