Business processes take place in an environment of complex systems that consist of many interrelated elements with stochastic and dynamic characteristics. Simulation and management methods were developed to cope with such complexity. Simulation and management methods are interdependent...

The world raw material market has undergone a great change in the recent years. One of the essential reasons is the rapid economic growth of many former developing countries such as China, India, Indonesia, Brazil, Vietnam, etc. These countries were historically and typically producers and...