In this report we document in detail the Identification package developed for the DYNARE environment. The package implements methodologies and collects developed algorithms to assess identification of DSGE models in the entire prior space of model deep parameters, by combining 'classical' local...

This report overviews functionalities provided by 'The Big Table' (TBT), a software tool designed to support nuclear trade analysis for IAEA safeguards. TBT allows analysts to perform steps preparatory to the retrieval and analysis of data records pertinent to case studies on nuclear trade....

We demonstrate an approach to low-dimensional modeling of world population, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and gross domestic product (GDP) interactions in a way that explicitly characterizes the variability in the data informing model assumptions and the uncertainty in functional relationships....

Purpose: the paper reports from an exploratory study into how small businesses use Web 2.0 information and communication technologies (ICT) to work collaboratively with other small businesses. The study had two aims: to investigate the benefits available from the use of Web 2.0 in small business...

Policy-based systems management (PBM) and economics-based systems management (EBM) are two of the many techniques available for implementing autonomic systems, each having specific benefits and limitations, and thus different applicability; choosing the most appropriate technique is the first of...

Surface texture plays an important role in the specification of a precision workpiece. However, the route of traceability for surface texture measurements is not well developed. One of the main technical obstacles is the lack of tools to check traceability of the software of surface measuring...

The objective of this research is to characterise the factors influencing Open Source Software(OSS) adoption decisions in South African organisations. OSS is used extensively throughout theworld, but there is a large amount of fear, uncertainty and doubt surrounding decisions to adoptOSS. The...

Context and Problem Statement:Since globalization has influenced many firms to look for potential markets away from theirhome country, the modes of entry decision has gained importance. The choice of entrymode has a significant influence on the success of the firm’s operations thus it is a...