The study applied systems thinking to review capital power-infrastructure investment in SA, particularly in Eskom. The study employed mixed method, with 97 engineers, seven in executive positions participated in qualitative and 90 in quantitative. The study found knowledge management and...

Urban centres of the Indian subcontinent have been founts of its culture and served as active nodes in the network of trans-cultural trade routes and as the foci of artisanal migration for centuries. The disjunction they have suffered from the archetype shift in settlement planning during the...

To achieve the societal goal of becoming a sustainable decarbonized society by 2050, it is essential to design visions and policies that take into account the perspectives of future generations overcoming intergenerational conflicts. In this paper, we present an innovative framework to envision...

A survey is provided dealing with the formulation of modelling problems for dynamic factor models, and the various algorithm possibilities for solving these modelling problems. Emphasis is placed on understanding requirements for the handling of errors, noting the relevance of the proposed...

This work applies systems theory and tools to build a flexible framework for sustainable tourism in Portugal due to the Covid-19 impacts. The objectives are (1) to explore the cause-effect relationships between and among the variables involved; (2) to develop a causal loop diagram that resumes the...