The transportation sector accounts for a considerable portion of global CO<SUB align="right"><SMALL>2</SMALL></SUB> emissions and the demand for transport, especially for international transport, is increasing. Current approaches to reduce CO<SUB align="right"><SMALL>2</SMALL></SUB> emission on an operational level ignore time-related objectives and focus on simultaneous...</small></sub></small></sub>

Concerns about energy supply security and climate change have been pushing world countries towards the promotion of renewable sources of energy and more sustainable liquid fuels. Initially indicated as the most viable solution within the transport sector, corn bioethanol is now incurring...

This paper discusses the conceptual design of a Global Decision Support System for a manufacturing Small or Medium Enterprise (SM/E), which actively participates in Collaborative Manufacturing. In order to implement the proposed concept, a Web Services based system architecture is proposed to...