Ongoing global changes bring fundamentally new scientific problems requiring new concepts and tools. A key issue concerns a vast variety of practically irreducible uncertainties, which challenge our traditional models and require new concepts and analytical tools. The uncertainty critically...

Why Do We Simulate? -- Simulation Programming: Quick Start -- Examples -- Simulation Programming with VBASim -- Two Views of Simulation -- Simulation Input -- Simulation Output -- Experiment Design and Analysis -- Simulation for Research -- VBASim

Introduction -- Design and operation of assembly lines -- Literature review on assembly line balancing under uncertainty -- Balancing under full sequencing control -- Balancing under no sequencing control -- Controlling production sequences using buffers -- Conclusion.

A review of the basic theory of optimal open-source software contributions points to three key factors affecting supply: non-pecuniary benefits, future expected monetary returns, and open-source licence type. This paper argues that existing large-scale software developer surveys are inadequate...