This book covers the modelling of human behaviour in the education and labour markets, which due to their interdependency are viewed as one system. Important factors influencing the decision-making of individuals and firms in this system are discussed. The role of social environment and networks...

Clinical pathways describe treatment processes within a hospital. They can be used as process models, which can be controlled by implemented workflow models in information systems. This enables (semi-) automated processes, and they are therefore high potential for an improved quality management...

Neural networks, grid computing, parallelization, high-dimensional optimization, quantitative investment, decision support. - Neuronale Netze, Parallelisierung, hoch-dimensionale Optimierung, quantitatives Investment, Entscheidungsunterstützung

Gegenstand dieses Artikels ist die Vorstellung und Evaluierung zweier Methoden zur Geschäftsprozessmodellierung. Im Einzelnen handelt es sich um sogenannte "erweiterte ereignisgesteuerte Prozessketten (eEPKs)" einerseits und die "Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN)" andererseits. Im Fokus...

Gegenstand dieses Artikels ist die Vorstellung und Evaluierung zweier Methoden zur Geschäftsprozessmodellierung. Im Einzelnen handelt es sich um sogenannte „erweiterte ereignisgesteuerte Prozessketten (eEPKs)“ einerseits und die „Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN)“ andererseits....

“Crowdsourcing” is currently one of the most discussed key words among IS and innovation researchers. The major question for both research and business is how to find and lever the enormous potential of the “collective brain” to broaden the scope of “open R&D”. Thus, Communities for...