SUMMARY: "This book offers state of the art research in computational pattern recognition and digital archaeometry, showing readers how to discover reliable automated methods for quickly reconstructing archaeological materials and benefit from the application of non-destructive, automated...

Relative Anreize bieten eine Möglichkeit kostenoptimale und leistungsfördernde Verträge für Manager zu gestalten. Es besteht allerdings das Risiko von Absprachen der Manager untereinander zu Ungunsten des Unternehmens. Oliver Strangfeld untersucht, unter welchen Voraussetzungen der Einsatz...

ERP Systems are developed to assist information management and analysis to organisations for gaining business advantage. Although ERP systems claim to produce competitive advantage for companies investing on ERP, it is still questionable (See [9]: Powell, 1997). This is also valid for IT in...

This paper builds a system-dynamics model of the Mexican economy and tests several propositions regarding policy and income inequality. It concludes, among other things, that one of the most significant developments over the past twenty years has been the declining wage paid to those in the...

The focus of this research project was to develop a new simulation framework for analyzing traffic networks with Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS) and/or Advanced Traffic Management Systems ( ATMS). The report describes the development of DYNASMART (DYnamic Network...