Healthcare problems are complex; they exhibit both detail and dynamic complexity. It has been argued that Discrete Event Simulation (DES), with its ability to capture detail, is ideal for problems exhibiting this type of complexity. On the other hand, System Dynamics (SD) with its focus on...

This thesis aims to fill the gaps in the literature of the theory of constraints (TOC) in publicly funded health systems. While TOC seems to be a natural fit for this resource-constrained environment, there are still no reported application of TOC’s drum-buffer-rope tool and inadequate...

The research described in this thesis is aimed to improve our knowledge of barriers to the use of OR (Operations Research) techniques in the manufacturing sector. Numerous issues have been previously identified, but the work has generally been unsystematic, or focused on the OR profession. This...

This book presents a process-oriented business modeling framework based on semantic technologies. The framework consists of modeling languages, methods, and tools that allow for semantic modeling of business motivation, business policies and rules, and business processes. Quality of the proposed...

Business process models are a suitable means to describe the temporal and logical order of tasks for achieving a given goal. Therefore they become crucial in the coordination of intervention actions to efficiently recover from a disaster or tragic event. Past experience is vital in handling...

The quality of conceptual business process models is highly relevant for the design of corresponding information systems. In particular, a precise measurement of model characteristics can be beneficial from a business perspective, helping to save costs thanks to early error detection. This is...

E-Business modelling and ebusiness systems development assumes fixed company resources,structures, and business processes. Empirical and theoretical evidence suggests that company resourcesand structures are emergent rather than fixed. Planning business activity in emergent contexts...

Through the critical analysis of the extant literature, it is observed that Simulation is widely used as a research method in Natural Sciences, Engineering and Social Sciences, in addition to argumentation and formalisation as the third way of carrying out research. Simulation is not so widely...

Wenn Unternehmen ihre Geschäftsprozesse auf die Erreichung strategischerWettbewerbsvorteile ausrichten wollen, dürfen sie nicht nur Kosten senken,sondern müssen die Prozesse auf die Kunden und die Unternehmenszieleausrichten. Dafür ist es notwendig, ihre Wertschöpfung zu ermitteln....

Šio magistro darbo tikslas – verslo procesų modelius, specifikuotus grafine BPMN (Business Process Modelling Notation) notacija, transformuoti į formalius PLA (Piece-Linear Aggregates) modelius, naudojantis sudarytomis transformavimo taisyklėmis ir pasirinktomis technologijomis. Darbe...