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Design of a virtual combine harvester
Maertens, K; De Baerdemaeker, J - In: Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (MATCOM) 65 (2004) 1, pp. 49-57
Separation processes in agricultural machinery are typically non-linear, complex and uncertain. On-line measurements of input and output data are not available. Therefore, black-box modelling is not applicable and other techniques to describe the system must be used. In this paper, a dynamic...
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Network Politics and the Arab Spring
Bishop, Jonathan; Solo, Ashu M. G. - In: International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social … 3 (2016) 1, pp. 23-27
Network politics is examined in the context of the Arab Spring. Network politics refers to politics and networks. These … networks include the Internet, private networks, cellular networks, telephone networks, radio networks, television networks …, etc. Network politics includes the applications of networks to enable one or more individuals or organizations to engage …
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The Smart City and its Citizens: Governance and Citizen Participation in Amsterdam Smart City
Capra, Carlo Francesco - In: International Journal of E-Planning Research (IJEPR) 5 (2016) 1, pp. 20-38
Smart cities are associated almost exclusively with modern technology and infrastructure. However, smart cities have the possibility to enhance the involvement and contribution of citizens to urban development. This work explores the role of governance as one of the factors influencing the...
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Management Approach of Risk Analysis in Information Security
Petrescu, Anca Gabriela - In: International Journal of Innovation in the Digital … 9 (2018) 3, pp. 13-26
This article describes how the ease of access to information and communication technologies is practically a prerequisite for the functioning of modern society. Taking the competitive market into consideration, the protection of the information infrastructure for a company, could mean that...
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Complex Network Perspective on Collaboration in the ICT Standardization
Ali-Vehmas, Timo - In: International Journal of Standardization Research (IJSR) 14 (2016) 2, pp. 33-64
Standardization is a crucial enabler of global business of Information and Communications Technologies. Convergence of the underlying networking paradigms of licensed Mobile Communication and license exempted Internet has made progress but full integration is still far from being complete. For...
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Environmental Public Goods Not Securable by Markets or Networks: A Partial Response to Scruton and Iannone
Davenport, John J. - In: International Journal of Technoethics (IJT) 9 (2018) 2, pp. 26-41
fixes, while NGOs and civil society “networks” are not effective in overcoming certain kinds of collective action problems …
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Shift Towards Next Generation Networks (NGNs) for Sustainability: Evidence from an Emerging Economy
Rafay, Abdul; Khan, Arsala - In: Journal of Cases on Information Technology (JCIT) 18 (2016) 3, pp. 1-12
This paper examined the shift towards the Next Generation Networks (NGNs) like 4G from 2G and the role of technology …
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Pricing Coordination Failures and Health Care Provider Integration
Eggleston, Karen; Norman, George; Pepall, Lynne Marie - In: Contributions in Economic Analysis & Policy 3 (2004) 1, pp. 1-29
The rise of managed healthcare organizations (MCOs) and the associated increased integration among providers has transformed US healthcare and at the same time raised antitrust concern. This paper examines how competition among MCOs affects the efficiency gains of improved price coordination...
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Incentives and Coordination in Hierarchies
Mookherjee, Dilip; Reichelstein, Stefan - In: The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics 1 (2001) 1
Abstract The internal organization of large firms as well as procurement and regulation contexts frequently involve a hierarchical nexus of contracts, with substantial delegation of decision making across layers. Such hierarchical delegation of decision making creates problems of aligning...
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Tax Differentials and the Segmentation of Networks of Cooperation in Oligopoly
Benchekroun, Hassan; Claude, Denis - In: The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics 7 (2007) 1
This paper studies the effects of uncoordinated environmental tax policies on firms' incentives to form bilateral R&D collaborations. It is shown that the complete network is pair-wise stable for small differences in the taxation of environmental emissions. Larger tax differentials may induce...
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