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Best Practices for Managing Organizational Diversity
Kreitz, Patricia A.; /SLAC - 2008
In the twentieth century, ecologists and agriculturists developed an increasingly sophisticated understanding of the value of biological diversity, specifically the resilience and adaptability it brings to ecosystems. In the twenty-first century, the ecosystem model has been applied to human...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437103
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Foundations for Reasoning in Cognition-Based Computational Representations of Human Decision Making
SENGLAUB, MICHAEL E.; HARRIS, DAVID L.; RAYBOURN, ELAINE M. - 2008
In exploring the question of how humans reason in ambiguous situations or in the absence of complete information, we stumbled onto a body of knowledge that addresses issues beyond the original scope of our effort. We have begun to understand the importance that philosophy, in particular the work...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435709
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Modeling and Analysis in Support of Decision Making for Technological Investment
Lenhart, S - 2008
Engineering design, resource allocation, military operations, and investment strategies share a major common trait, which is, to a large extent, independent of their different origins, specific features, and intended goals. The unifying trait is the fact that, in any of these endeavors, one has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436136
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R&D for computational cognitive and social models : foundations for model evaluation through verification and validation (final LDRD report).
Slepoy, Alexander; Mitchell, Scott A.; Backus, George A.; … - 2009
Sandia National Laboratories is investing in projects that aim to develop computational modeling and simulation applications that explore human cognitive and social phenomena. While some of these modeling and simulation projects are explicitly research oriented, others are intended to support or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436233
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Work environments and organizational effectiveness: A call for integration
Heerwagen, J.H.; Heubach, J.G.; Brown, B.W.; Sanchez, J.A. - 2008
In response to a request from the Pacific Northwest Laboratory`s Analytical Chemistry Upgrades Program, a team was formed to (1) review work environment and productivity research, (2) report the research in a manner usable to organizational decision-makers, (3) identify Hanford Site facilities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435930
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Long-term Industrial Energy Forecasting (LIEF) model (18-sector version)
Ross, M.H.; Thimmapuram, P.; Fisher, R.E.; Maciorowski, W. - 2008
The new 18-sector Long-term Industrial Energy Forecasting (LIEF) model is designed for convenient study of future industrial energy consumption, taking into account the composition of production, energy prices, and certain kinds of policy initiatives. Electricity and aggregate fossil fuels are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435907
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Compliance and productivity enhancement through the use of knowledge- engineering tools and techniques
Crawford, K.A. - 2008
compliance and productivity in the nuclear industry can be improved simultaneously. Given the complex nature of the industry …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435996
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Managing corporate capabilities:theory and industry approaches.
Slavin, Adam M. - 2008
This study characterizes theoretical and industry approaches to organizational capabilities management and ascertains … analyze industry approaches described to us in interviews with representatives from Goodyear, 3M, Intel, Ford, NASA, Lockheed … Martin, and Boeing. We found diversity amongst the industry capability management approaches. Although all organizations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436368
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Long-term Industrial Energy Forecasting (LIEF) model (18-sector version)
Ross, M.H.; Thimmapuram, P.; Fisher, R.E.; Maciorowski, W. - 2008
The new 18-sector Long-term Industrial Energy Forecasting (LIEF) model is designed for convenient study of future industrial energy consumption, taking into account the composition of production, energy prices, and certain kinds of policy initiatives. Electricity and aggregate fossil fuels are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436833
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Expert systems and the CPI product substitution review: A needs analysis for the US Bureau of Labor Statistics
Arrowood, L.F.; Tonn, B.E. - 2008
This report presents recommendations relative to the use of expert systems and machine learning techniques by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to substantially automate product substitution decisions associated with the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Thirteen commercially available, PC-based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435890