We address the problem of gauging the influence exerted by a given country on the global trade market from the viewpoint of complex networks. In particular, we apply the PWP method for computing indirect influences on the world trade network.

Despite the non-trivial number of (non-institutionalized) residents with special needs – referred to as the medically fragile population in this paper – there is virtually no research available to guide the hurricane evacuation planning for this population group. One area is their evacuation...

This paper describes the process of building knowledge to improve enterprise performance. This allows managers both to identify unknown risks and to develop solutions that mitigate these risks. One of the most critical risks that the enterprise faces involves the unidentified presence of...