Background: The COVID-19 was a determining factor in the disruption of supply chains in the automotive industry, exacerbating material shortages. This led to increased supplier order cancelations, longer lead times, and reduced safety inventory levels. Methods: This study analyzes and models...

Modern cargo vessel transport constitutes an important part of global economy; hence it is of paramount importance to develop novel, more efficient reliability methods for cargo ships, especially if onboard recorded data is available. Classic reliability methods, dealing with timeseries, do not...

The book begins with cellular automata and their role in improving the strategic alignment of business and IT. It also presents research and practical insights for database designers and developers looking to utilise AI, insights into the societal dynamics shaping the adoption of microchip...

The current investigation focuses on analyzing dynamic approaches to sustainable water resource management policies, considering the interconnectedness of water, food and energy resources. This analysis takes into consideration changes in demand resulting from population growth and economic...

We develop a novel analytical method for studying optimal paths in dynamic optimization problems under general monotonicity conditions. The method centers on a locator function--a simple object constructed directly from the model's primitives--whose roots identify interior steady states and...