This thesis develops a modular tender preparation process for retrofit projects of complex investetment goods like ships, buildings or industrial plants in three steps: data preparation, solution finding and outcome provision. Several methods and adapted technological tools support this process...

Commodity traders are often the focus of popular resentment. Food price hikes in 2007-2008 resulted in protests and food riots, and spurred governments to regulate traders. In March 2011, Government of Bangladesh banned delivery order traders in the edible oils market, citing cartelization, and...