operations, it must be possible to do this whilst remaining competitive in areas such as cost, reliability and performance … maintain or reduce costs whilst sustaining performance and reliability. Investment in environmentally friendly distribution …

functionally equivalent but independently developed versions characterized by different reliability and execution times. Because of … reliability (defined as probability of obtaining the correct output within a specified time) strictly depends on the sequence of … versions execution. Different sequences can provide either maximal system reliability or minimal expected execution time. An …

This review analyses the institutional arrangements, evaluation instruments and processes involved in the evaluation of …

composition. Volume II covers the authors' work on analysts' expectations; performance evaluation of managed portfolios, including … commodity, stock, and bond portfolios; survivorship bias and performance persistence; debt markets; and immunization and …

transmission studies: an application to the Spanish lamb sector. Performance of the time series models in forecasting agricultural … commodity prices. Example of wheat prices in Poland. Production costs as a determinant of worldwide competitiveness of cereal … its prospects in European and World markets. Romanian agriculture performance under three restrictions: property, family …