Results from classic queueing theory are shown to be useful for capacity planning of largescale multi-server systems. In the field of mainframe systems on-line monitoring and dynamic workload management care for the fulfilment of short-term performance goals with respect to service class...

Capacity planning for large-scale systems like mainframe installations is typically based on rather coarse historical workload data. Hence, it is advisable to employ techniques and tools that use the same macroscopic (high-level) view of the overall system. We follow the classic approach known...

On-board commercial vehicle safety technologies present new opportunities for management and logistics in the road transport industry. As with many emerging technologies, the link to opportunity beyond the designed purpose of a particular technology is not fully realised until after...

Die Analyse des deutschen seewärtigen Containerumschlags erfolgt anhand eines Regres-sionsansatzes mit Daten von 1989 bis 2004. Als Determinanten für diesen Containerum-schlag lassen sich im betrachteten Zeitraum das Welt-Inlandsprodukt, das deutsche Außen-handelsvolumen und die...

It is widespread international practice that cargo liners meet at regular conferences to fix prices and quotas for individual routes. Presently, however, the respective European regulation granting liners an exemption from competition laws is under review. Liners claim that conferences are a...

This paper discusses the design, implementation and use of standards from the perspective of transaction costs economics. A proper design and implementation of standards may lead to a considerable reduction of transaction costs, which enhances trade and, consequently, economic welfare. A major...

We consider the problem of allocating containers to ships in which the size of container is 1 or 2, and each ship has its own capacity and fixed departure time. The fixed departure times implies the completion times of containers belonging to the same ship are identical. As objectives, Lmax,...

The maritime industry is in a period of unprecedented change. Around the world, and in every sector radically new forces are requiring adjustments and adaptations. Ports are particularly vulnerable because, as intermediaries in complex transport chains, they are exposed to the full force of...

The paper analyses the perspectives for a new container port at the German North Sea coast. In view of the expected further enlargement of container ship sizes and sustained growth in international trade, the port seems to be an economically sound project. Public funds, however, will probably...