Background: This paper proposes a framework to cope with the lack of data at the time of a disaster by employing predictive models. The framework can be used for disaster human impact assessment based on the socio-economic characteristics of the affected countries. Methods: A panel data of 4252...

Linear Optimization and Heuristics: K. Völker, M. Hümmer:The Decision Tree Procedure -- F. W. Peren: Linear Optimization -- K. M. Kroth: Cutting and Packaging Optimization -- M. Adolphs, S. Feistner, V. Jahnke: Queueing Theory -- T. Neifer, F. W. Peren: Sequencing Problems -- T. Neifer:...

According to the Treaty of the European Union of 1992 and the Constitution actually in process to be accepted by all Community members, the accomplishment of a higher economic and social cohesion is one of its main objectives. This aim includes a variety of aspects, but not clearly well defined...

Economic growth in the very long run is described by a multiple-phase, dynamic process with potentially complex dynamics during transitions between regimes. Technology is assumed to rest on a managerial-administrative infrastructure which influences natality, mortality and the productivity of...