Considers the relationships between ISO 9000, TQM and business performance. Argues that the correlation between ISO … the “compliance” philosophy of ISO 9000, and the strong innovative demands of TQM. Suggests a way of reconciling these … elements that are missing from ISO 9000. Provides a specific example of the ISO 9000/TQM conflicts, and of successful use of a …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a model and simulation results for the corporate financial value of … previously published simulation studies in agriculture and food markets since system dynamics (SD) is applied in modeling both … input production and consumption and the processor's financial value. SD modeling is well suited to simulation in a critical …

Identifies the need for a formal procedure to generate a reference state when conducting qualitative simulation studies … indicators, steady state conditions, system capacity and model validity. Its application is illustrated using a simulation model … general does not generate a unique reference state. The impact of using different reference states in a simulation experiment …

The objective of WP2 - Simulation of the CATNETS project was to identify the requiredfeatures of the CATNETS simulator … allocation mechanisms performed byWP4 - Evaluation.... …

improvedimputation strategies. In a simulation study the authors compare six combinations of cross-sectional and longitudinal imputation … strategies for German wealth panel data. The authors create simulation data sets by blanking out observed data points: they … cross-sectional evaluation criteria. For trend estimates and the measurement of inequality, combining MICE with the row …