This Special Issues of the Business Systems Research Journal (SI of BSR), co-published by the Slovenian Society INFORMATIKA – Section of Operations Research (SSI-SOR), is focused on approaches which explore novel solutions or novel approaches in operations research, specifically in the area of...

Background: There are several factors that lead to an improved level of competitiveness and increased net income of enterprises. Previous studies have shown that an appropriate use of statistical methods has positive effects on the level of competitiveness and on enterprises’ net income in...

Background: The stock exchange, as a regulated financial market, in modern economies reflects their economic development level. The stock market indicates the mood of investors in the development of a country and is an important ingredient for growth. Objectives: This paper aims to introduce an...

The main thing that connects commercial banks and clients are credits and the criteria (interest rates, fees…) on which they are being offered on the market. Today, even more than ever, provision, services in the area of safety vault, trading and liquidity, are of strategic significance for...

The 11th International Symposium on Operational Research (SOR’11) was organized by Slovenian Society INFORMATIKA – Section for Operational Research (SDI-SOR) in Dolenjske Toplice, Slovenia, during the week of 28 – 30 September 2011. At SOR’11 it was decided to publish a Special Issue of...

Background: Acceptance sampling is a statistical tool of quality control. Sampling plans and operating characteristic (OC) curves are very useful for conducting acceptance sampling and provide the quality manager with tools to evaluate the quality of a production run or shipment. There are...

Scientific research publishing carries huge importance for the development of the society. Apart from the dissemination of knowledge, there are also motives for publication of scientific research results at the level of individual reserachers: it might be a requirement for graduation or...

Background: Our research assumes that the software quality affects the product validity. This assumption also refers to embedded software. Objectives: This paper analyses the Stackelberg equilibrium in which the consumer is the leader and the producer of embedded software is the follower....

Background: Fraud attempts create large losses for financing subjects in modern economies. At the same time, leasing agreements have become more and more popular as a means of financing objects such as machinery and vehicles, but are more vulnerable to fraud attempts. Objectives: The goal of the...

Developing reliable software for embedded systems is a formidable challenge. The main objective is to create a piece of software, usually called firmware, running on a specific microcontroller. In most applications, embedded systems fall into the category of control and monitoring systems that...