Information On Demand

Multi-criteria analysis for evaluating the impacts of intelligent speed adaptation.(Report)
Journal of Advanced Transportation; 12/22/2009; 13701 words; ...and cost) across a range of future demand scenarios, functional relationships...recently entered the market. Speed limit information is being added to digital maps, so drivers...about such things as future transport demand, the way users might respond to ISA...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS : FORMER MONOPOLIES ASK FOR "TARGETED REGULATION".
Tech Europe; 12/2/2009; 1045 words; ...communications market (telecoms package). They demand a "targeted regulation," especially...of the competition rules," said EU Information Society Commissioner Viviane Reding...He added that the members of ETNO also demand a "mechanism allowing for fair risk...

What is the value of real-time shipment tracking information?(Technical report)
IIE Transactions; 12/1/2009; 11971 words; ...whip" effect when inventory information is shared across a supply...analyze the impact of sharing information on (uncertain) shipment...supply chain with stochastic demand for a single product. A...review of the literature on information sharing can be found in Huang...stochastic lead times and ...

Stock rationing in an M/[E.sub.r]/1 multi-class make-to-stock queue with backorders.(Technical report)
IIE Transactions; 12/1/2009; 8577 words; ...especially when customer demands can be backordered. Even when...level, the number of waiting demands in the system, the current...several classes of customers. Demands for each class are Poisson...production capacity and has some information on the status of the current...

Study shows that sleep disturbances improve after retirement.
NewsRx Health & Science; 11/22/2009; 983 words; ...result from the removal of work-related demands and stress rather than from actual health...employees who reported high psychological job demands, and people who occasionally or consistently...experienced during the previous 12 months. Information concerning occupational and health data...