Due to decreasing hardware prices and growing standardization, RFID-systems (Radio FrequencyIdentification) are increasingly being used in global supply chains. In the beginning a simple identificationnumber was stored on the RFID tag, but meanwhile, there is a variety of applications storing...

In the wake of Web 2.0 applications, nearly every branch is influenced by this new understanding ofthe Web. The Banking industry is facing a phenomenon called Peer to Peer Banking, where customerstend to know exactly who gets their invested money. They want to know the people behind thecredit...

Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) has proven to be a good metaheuristic for continuous optimizationproblems. In this paper we present a solution for applying the PSO to a combinatorial optimizationproblem of a real data university course timetabling problem. We first describe the...

The implementation of RFID leads to improved visibility in supply chains. However, as a consequenceof the increased data collection and enhanced data granularity, supply chain participants have to dealwith new data management challenges. In this paper, we highlight the primary characteristics of...

Moderne Verfahren der objektbegleitenden Datenhaltung stellen die Nutzer heute im Detail noch vorvielfältige Probleme. Die Probleme der Kommunikationsüberlagerung oder Abschirmung seien alsBeispiele genannt (vgl. Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik 2004, S. 90 ff.)....

Das Thema Innovationsmanagement ist von hoher Relevanz, da Innovationen sowohl betriebswirtschaftlichals auch gesamtwirtschaftlich eine große Bedeutung für die Überlebensfähigkeit und Entwicklungspotenzialevon Organisationen und Systemen und damit auch von Gesellschaftenbeigemessen wird. Die...

The majority of RFID implementations can be traced back either to mandates issued by companies or institutions withsignificant market power like Wal-Mart or the U.S. Department of Defense, or to the replacement of existing Auto-IDtechnologies like barcodes. Only sporadically is RFID being used...

Particle Swarm Optimization is a population based search strategy based on the idea of the simulation of bird flocks. In this paper we will introduce an application of the PSO to a management problem. The simulated stochastic 2-product-warehouse with the parameters order amount and safety stock...

The number of scientific journals and thereby the number of published articles grew with an enormousrate in the last century (e.g. Price 1986; Henderson 2002). In the second half of the 20th century thesystem seemed to abut against its boundaries, because in relation to research budgets, library...

Due to the widespread appearance of filesharing systemslike Napster, the peer-to-peer concept has recentlybecome well known. So far, these file-sharing systemshave been used for the exchange of digital goods. Werecommend a concept, based on that of the file-sharingsystem, for a decentralized...