It is almost impossible to conceive of the concept and practical application of supply chain management (SCM) without linking it to the enabling power of today's information technologies. Building upon the foundations of the first edition, Introduction to Supply Chain Management Technologies,...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Random Variable Generation -- 1.1 Basic Methods -- 1.1.1 Congruential Generators -- 1.1.2 The KISS Generator -- 1.1.3 Beyond Uniform Distributions -- 1.2 Transformation Methods -- 1.3 Accept-Reject...

Radar services are occasionally affected by wind farms. This paper presents a comprehensive description of the effects that a wind farm may cause on the different radar services, and it compiles a review of the recent research results regarding the mitigation techniques to minimize this impact....

The Underground Economy is a „shadow” of the real economy, endowed with elastic properties: it can be large, small (although not null) based on the specifics of a country, its leaders, economic and legal policies. In relation to the real economy, which is monitored by authorities, the...

This article organizes knowledge on cloud computing presenting the classification of deployment models, characteristics and service models. The author, looking at the problem from the entrepreneur's perspective, draws attention to the differences in the benefits depending on the cloud computing...

The Philippines’ macroeconomic fundamentals have improved considerably during the past decade. However, new macrofinancial challenges are emerging. The economy is continuing to adjust to the large persistent inflows from abroad. Transmission of domestic policy interest rates has been...

This paper explains Fifth Review Under the Extended Credit Facility and Request for Extension of the Arrangement report for Benin. The IMF report shows that inflation has returned to normal levels since the petroleum price shock in early 2012 when neighboring Nigeria reduced fuel subsidies, and...