Modeling and Simulation in Engineering, Economics and Management: International Conference, MS 2012, New Rochelle, NY, USA, May 30 - June 1, 2012. Proceedings

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Social Networks and Social Information Sharing Using Fuzzy Methods....Pages 1-1
Using Analytical Methods in Business Continuity Planning....Pages 2-12
Using Neural Networks to Model Sovereign Credit Ratings: Application to the European Union....Pages 13-23
Measuring Errors with the OWA Operator....Pages 24-33
Solvency Capital Estimation and Risk Measures....Pages 34-43
Decision Making of Customer Loyalty Programs to Maintain Consumer Constancy....Pages 44-53
User and Usage Constraints in Information Systems Development – Application to University: A Case Study of Lagos State University, Lagos, Nigeria....Pages 54-61
Online Business Registration and Congolese Entrepreneurs in Cape Town....Pages 62-77
The Algorithm of Optimal Polynomial Extrapolation of Random Processes....Pages 78-87
An Analytic Framework for Assessing Automobile Sales Loss from Recalls: A Toyota Case Study....Pages 88-97
A Method for Uncertain Sales Forecast by Using Triangular Fuzzy Numbers....Pages 98-113
A Metaheuristic Approach for Supply Chain Network Design Problems....Pages 114-122
Random Forests for Uplift Modeling: An Insurance Customer Retention Case....Pages 123-133
Age Diversity in the Boardroom: Measures and Implications....Pages 134-143
Hierarchical Structure of Variables in Export Agribusiness: The Case of Michoacan....Pages 144-150
Division of Labour and Outsourcing: Mutually Exclusive Concepts?....Pages 151-165
OWA Operators in the Assignment Process: The Case of the Hungarian Algorithm....Pages 166-177
Mathematic Modeling of Reactor’s Temperature Mode of Multiloop Pyrolysis Plant....Pages 178-187
Step Size Bounds for a Class of Multiderivative Explicit Runge–Kutta Methods....Pages 188-197
Tapping the Potential of Virtual World-Based Simulations in Higher Education....Pages 198-209
Evaluating the Impact of Virtual Reality on Liver Surgical Planning Procedures....Pages 210-218
A Model to Determine the Effect of International Business Competences....Pages 219-229
Ant Colony Optimization for Solving the Vehicle Routing Problem with Delivery Preferences....Pages 230-239
Metaheuristic for the Multiple Level Warehouse Layout Problem....Pages 240-248
Study of the Reaction of Dissolution of Sphalerite Using the Model of Pitzer-Variation in the Activity Coefficient of Zinc Sulfate....Pages 249-258
Application of Geometric Explicit Runge–Kutta Methods to Pharmacokinetic Models....Pages 259-269
Frequency Tuning Algorithm for Loudspeaker Driven Thermoacoustic Refrigerator Optimization....Pages 270-279
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