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Encyclopedia of Business Analytics and Optimization John Wang Montclair State University, USA Managing Director: Lindsay Johnston Production Editor: Jennifer Yoder Development Editor: Austin DeMarco Acquisitions Editor: Kayla Wolfe Typesetter: Christina Barkanic, Michael Brehm, John Crodian, Lisandro Gonzalez, Christina Henning, Deanna Jo Zombro Cover Design: Jason Mull Published in the United States of America by Business Science Reference (an imprint of IGI Global) 701 E. Chocolate Avenue Hershey PA 17033 Tel: 717-533-8845 Fax: 717-533-8661 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://www.igi-global.com Copyright © 2014 by IGI Global. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored or distributed in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, without written permission from the publisher. Product or company names used in this set are for identification purposes only. Inclusion of the names of the products or companies does not indicate a claim of ownership by IGI Global of the trademark or registered trademark. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Encyclopedia of business analytics and optimization / John Wang, editor. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary: “This reference confronts the challenges of information retrieval in the age of Big Data by exploring recent ad- vances in the areas of knowledge management, data visualization, interdisciplinary communication, and others”-- Provided by publisher. ISBN 978-1-4666-5202-6 (hardcover) -- ISBN 978-1-4666-5203-3 (ebook) -- ISBN 978-1-4666-5205-7 (print & perpetual access) 1. Management--Mathematical models. 2. Decision making--Mathematical models. 3. Business planning--Mathe- matical models. 4. Big data. I. Wang, John, 1955- HD30.25.E53 2014 658.4’038--dc23 2013046204 British Cataloguing in Publication Data A Cataloguing in Publication record for this book is available from the British Library. All work contributed to this book is new, previously-unpublished material. The views expressed in this book are those of the authors, but not necessarily of the publisher. For electronic access to this publication, please contact: [email protected]. Editorial Advisory Board Albert Bifet, University of Waikato, New Zealand Steve Buckley, IBM Business Analytics and Optimization Applied Research Leader, USA Jinjun Chen, University of Technology, Australia Alfredo Cuzzocrea, ICAR-CNR, Italy & University of Calabria, Italy Janet Delve, University of Portsmouth, UK Chanaka Edirisinghe, University of Tennessee USA Peter P. Groumpos, University of Patras, Greece Michael N. Katehakis, Rutgers University, USA Gary King, Harvard University, USA Xiaolin (Andy) Li, University of Florida, USA Alexandr Savinov, SAP Research, Germany Xian-He Sun, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA Yuanchun Zhou, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China List of Contributors Abdelhafez, Hoda Ahmed / Suez Canal University, Egypt ......................................................315,338 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch029::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch029::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch031::1 Abu Bakar, Syed Putra Syed / Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia ..............................................418 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch038::3 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch038::3 Afsharian, Mohsen / Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany ...........................................251 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch024::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch024::1 Agarwal, Reshu / Acadia University, Canada ....................................................................................30 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch003::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch003::1 Agrawal, Rajat / Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India ......................................................227 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch022::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch022::2 Agrawal, Shorya / GLA University, Mathura, U.P., India ..............................................................2071 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch186::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch186::1 Ahmadzadeh, Marzieh / Shiraz University of Technology, Iran ......................................................461 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch041::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch041::2 Ahn, Heinz / Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany .........................................................251 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch024::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch024::2 Akoumianakis, Demosthenes / Technological Education Institute of Crete, Greece.......................897 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch084::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch084::2 Akyuz, Goknur Arzu / Atilim University, Ankara, Turkey .............................................................2333 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch210::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch210::1 Alberg, Dima / SCE - Shamoon College of Engineering, Israel .....................................................2126 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch191::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch191::1 Al-Raddadi, Abdulaziz / College of the Computer Science and Engineering, Taibah University,Yanbu Branch, Saudi Arabia ....................................................................................2410 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch216::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch216::2 Anderson, Billie / Bryant University, USA ..............................................................................549,1107 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch049::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch049::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch101::1 Andreev, Rumen / Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Bulgaria ..............................................................................................................2299 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch207::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch207::2 Ansaripoor, Amir H. / ESSEC Business School, Singapore ...........................................................2093 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch188::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch188::1 Appel, Ana Paula / IBM Research Brazil .......................................................................................2717 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch242::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch242::2 Atıcı, Kazım Barış / Department of Business Administration, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey .........................................................................................................................................1836 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch164::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch164::2 Bagherpour, Morteza / Department of Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran .............................................................................................................602 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch055::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch055::1 Bansal, Abhay / Amity School of Engineering and Technology, India ...........................................2456 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch219::3 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch219::3 Barrios, Barry B. / IN3-Open University of Catalonia, Spain .........................................................304 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch028::5 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch028::5 Bhanot, Neeraj / Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, India .......................................................273 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch026::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch026::1 Bhatia, Sanjiv K. / University of Missouri, USA ......................................................................646,655 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch059::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch059::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch060::1 Bhatnagar, Vishal / Ambedkar Institute of Advance Communication Technologies & Research, India ......................................................................................................................2456 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch219::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch219::2 Bhatti, Rajbir Singh / Shaheed Bhagat Singh College of Engineering & Technology, India ..........273 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch026::3 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch026::3 Bifet, Albert / Yahoo! Research Barcelona, Spain ..................................................................664,1581 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch061::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch061::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch142::2 Bihl, Trevor J. / Air Force Institute of Technology, USA ..........................................................193,696 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch019::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch019::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch065::1 Biles, William E. / University of Louisville, USA .........................................................2159,2171,2178 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch194::4 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch194::4 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch195::3 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch196::2 Bimonte, Sandro / IRSTEA, TSCF, France .....................................................................................2744 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch244::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch244::1 Biswas, Papun / JIS College of Engineering, India ........................................................................1030 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch094::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch094::2 Black, Stephanie / University of Texas at San Antonio, USA ............................................................396 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch036::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch036::1 Boese, Simon / University of Hamburg, Germany ..........................................................................2135 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch192::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch192::1 Bolat, Bersam / Istanbul Technical University, Turkey .........................................................2038,2053 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch184::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch184::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch185::2 Broomhead, P. / Brunel University, United Kingdom .....................................................................2570 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch229::6 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch229::6 Bruno, Clementina / University of Piemonte Orientale and HERMES, Italy ................................2643 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch235::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch235::1 Cáceres-Cruz, José / IN3-Open University of Catalonia, Spain ......................................................304 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch028::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch028::2 Cammarata, Craig / Concurrent Technologies Corporation, USA ................................................1529 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch138::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch138::2 Carlo, Hon. Gerardo / Carlo & Lozada LLC, San Juan, PR, USA ................................................2323 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch209::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch209::2 Caron, Franco / Politecnico di Milano, Italy ..................................................................................1173 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch108::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch108::1 Cavalcante, Victor F. / IBM Research Brazil..................................................................................2717 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch242::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch242::1 Çebi, Ferhan / Istanbul Technical University, Turkey .......................................................................978 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch090::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch090::1 Ceci, Federica / University G.d’Annunzio, Italy ..............................................................................2242 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch202::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch202::1 Çelebi, Dilay / Istanbul Technical University ....................................................................................978 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch090::3 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch090::3 Celebi, Nes’e / Atilim University, Ankara, Turkey ...........................................................................2333 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch210::3 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch210::3 Chang, Yu Sang / Gachon University, Korea & KDI School of Public Policy and Management, Korea ..........................................................................................................................................1358 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch123::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch123::1 Chantrapornchai, Chantana / Kasetsart University, Thailand ...........................................2311,2696 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch208::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch208::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch240::1 Chedsiri, W. / Silpakorn University, Thailand 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10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch183::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch213::2 Chen, Si / Murray State University, USA .............................................................................................39 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch004::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch004::1 Choudhury, Gautam / Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology, India .................1711 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch153::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch153::1 Chow, Alan F. / University of South Alabama, USA .........................................................................104 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch011::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch011::1 Chung, William / City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong .......................................................1392 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch126::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch126::1 Clark, David A / University of North Carolina Hospitals, USA & University of Missouri, USA 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Technology, Poland ................................................1080 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch098::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch098::2 D., Divya / Adi Shankara Institute of Engineering & Technology, India.........................................1772 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch158::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch158::1 Dai, Honghua / Deakin University, Australia ...................................................................................618 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch057::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch057::2 Dai, Qi / University of Science & Technology of China, P.R.China ................................................1689 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch151::3 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch151::3 D’Andrea, Alessia / National Research Council, Italy ....................................................................2509 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch224::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch224::1 D’Andrea, Dajana / University G. d’Annunzio, Italy ......................................................................1945 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch174::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch174::1 de Matta, Renato / University of Iowa, USA...................................................................................1910 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch171::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch171::2 DeGaetano, Laurence A. / Montclair State University, USA .........................................................2426 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch217::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch217::2 Dehghani, Seyed Mohsen / Pediatrics Department, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran ...............................................................................................................................................602 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch055::4 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch055::4 Delias, Pavlos / Technological Educational Institute of Kavala, Greece ..........................................168 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch017::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch017::1 Deogun, Jitender S. / University of Nebraska, USA .................................................................646,655 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch059::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch059::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch060::2 Dharmapala, P. Sunil / College of Economics & Political Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman ...........................................................................................................1637,1977 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch146::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch146::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch178::1 Du, Xiaoyong / Renmin University of China, China ......................................................667,1182,1380 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch062::5 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch062::5 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch109::5 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch125::5 Edgeman, Rick / Aarhus University, Denmark ............................................................2190,2231,2443 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch197::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch197::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch201::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch218::1 Edirisinghe, Chanaka / University of Tennessee, USA ..................................................................1866 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch167::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch167::1 Edla, Damodar Reddy / National Institute of Technology, Goa, India ..........................................1343 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch122::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch122::1 Ekholm, Anders / Lund University, Sweden .....................................................................................716 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch067::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch067::2 Ekren, Banu Y. / Izmir University of Economics, Turkey ............................................2159,2171,2178 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch194::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch194::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch195::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch196::3 Eldridge, Susan / University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA ...............................................................609 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch056::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch056::2 Erjaee, Asma / Pediatrics Department, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran ..........602 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch055::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch055::2 Eskildsen, Jacob / Aarhus University, Denmark ...................................................................2231,2443 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch201::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch201::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch218::2 Evans, Gerald W. / University of Louisville, USA .......................................................2159,2171,2178 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch194::3 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch194::3 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch195::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch196::4 Favero, Gino / University of Parma, Italy .......................................................................................2607 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch232::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch232::1 Fazlollahtabar, Hamed / Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran ...................................1486 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch134::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch134::1 Ferri, Fernando / National Research Council, Italy .......................................................................2509 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch224::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch224::2 Finkelstein, Marc-Elliott / IE Business School, Spain ...................................................................1047 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch095::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch095::2 Fisher, Joel L. / Independent Scholar, USA ..........................................................................1162,1539 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch107::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch107::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch139::2 Fisher, Robert Leslie / Independent Scholar, USA ...............................................................1162,1539 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch107::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch107::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch139::1 Fox, William P. / Naval Postgraduate School, USA ...............................................156,523,2531,2594 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch016::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch016::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch047::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch226::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch231::1 Fuchs, Matthias / Mid-Sweden University, Sweden ........................................................................2542 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch227::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch227::2 Fukuyama, Hirofumi / Fukuoka University, Japan........................................................................1967 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch177::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch177::1 Furlong, Shauneen / University of Liverpool (LJMU), UK & University of Ottawa, Canada .......1935 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch173::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch173::1 Galinec, Darko / Polytechnic of Zagreb, Croatia ............................................................................1809 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch162::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch162::1 Gan, Min / Deakin University, Australia ...........................................................................................618 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch057::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch057::1 Georgas, Apostolos / Hellenic Open University, Greece ................................................................2115 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch190::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch190::1 Gharaibeh, Natheer K. / College of the Computer Science and Engineering, Taibah University,Yanbu Branch, Saudi Arabia ....................................................................................2410 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch216::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch216::1 Giri, B.C. / Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India .............................................................................2081 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch187::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch187::1 González-Martín, Sergio / IN3-Open University of Catalonia, Spain .............................................304 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch028::3 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch028::3 Gopal, E. V. / IDRBT, A. P., India ..................................................................................737,2665,2675 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch069::4 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch069::4 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch237::4 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch238::4 Gou, Qinglong / University of Science and Technology of China, China ....................1203,1476,1689 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch111::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch111::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch133::3 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch151::2 Govindarajan, M. / Annamalai University, India .............................................................................690 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch064::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch064::1 Greenidge, Charles / University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados .....................................1254 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch115::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch115::2 Grifoni, Patrizia / National Research Council, Italy ......................................................................2509 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch224::3 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch224::3 Grigoroudis, Evangelos / Technical University of Crete, Greece .....................................................168 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch017::3 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch017::3 Gu, Qiannong / Ball State University, USA ..............................................................................46,2364 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch005::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch005::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch212::3 Gülpınar, Nalan / Warwick Business School, The University of Warwick, Coventry, UK .............1836 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch164::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch164::1 Gursoy, Guner / Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey ...................................................................2333 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch210::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch210::2 Hall Jr., Owen P. / Pepperdine University, USA .............................................................................2479 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch221::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch221::1 Han, Haoying / Zhejiang University, China ......................................................................................265 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch025::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch025::2 Hardin, J. Michael / University of Alabama, USA .................................................................549,1107 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch049::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch049::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch101::2 Hawkins, Anna / University of Winnipeg, Canada .........................................................................2028 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch183::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch183::1 He, Fei / University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, USA .........................................1057 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch096::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch096::1 He, Song / Tyson Foods Inc., USA ...................................................................................................1057 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch096::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch096::2 He, Xiuli / University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA ......................................................46,2364 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch005::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch005::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch212::1 Heilman, George / Winston-Salem State University, USA ..............................................................2472 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch220::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch220::2 Heragu, Sunderesh S. / Oklahoma State University, USA ..........................................2159,2171,2178 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch194::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch194::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch195::4 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch196::5 Hobel, Heidelinde / SBA Research, Austria ......................................................................................124 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch013::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch013::1 Hodge, Victoria J. / University of York, UK ...................................................................................1762 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch157::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch157::1 Hohmann, Susanne / Westfälische Hochschule, University of Applied Sciences, Germany ..........2492 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch222::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch222::1 Höpken, Wolfram / University of Applied Sciences Ravensburg-Weingarten, Germany ...............2542 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch227::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch227::1 Hossain, Mohammad Alamgir / North South University, Bangladesh ..........................................1457 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch132::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch132::1 Hu, Nan / University of Utah, USA ..................................................................................................2104 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch189::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch189::1 Huang, Wenxue / Guangzhou University, China ............................................................................1847 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch165::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch165::1 Huang, Zhimin / Adelphi University, USA .....................................................................................1689 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch151::4 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch151::4 Hung Do, Quang / Feng Chia University, Taiwan, ROC ................................................................1100 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch100::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch100::1 Hung, Jia-Yi / Tzu Chi College of Technology, Taiwan ..................................................................2521 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch225::3 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch225::3 Huo, Jing / University of Science & Technology of China, P.R.China ............................................1689 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch151::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch151::1 Huynh, Candice H. / University of California, Irvine, USA ...........................................................2616 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch233::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch233::1 Icoz, Cenk / Anadolu University Eskisehir, Turkey .........................................................................2653 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch236::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch236::2 Imanirad, Raha / York University, Canada ......................................................................................361 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch033::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch033::1 Izsak, R. / Brunel University, United Kingdom ...............................................................................2570 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch229::4 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch229::4 Jaafar, Mastura / Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia ...................................................................418 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch038::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch038::1 Jackson, Tony / University of Dundee, Scotland UK ......................................................................1922 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch172::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch172::1 Jana, Prasanta K. / Indian School of Mines, India .........................................................................1343 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch122::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch122::2 Jang, Wooseung / University of Missouri, USA ................................................................................747 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch070::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch070::2 Jeffers, Agatha E. / Montclair State University, USA .....................................................................2426 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch217::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch217::1 Jensen, Richard / Aberystwyth University, UK ...............................................................................1005 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch092::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch092::1 Jha, Manoj K. / Morgan State University, USA ......................................................................864,2557 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch081::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch081::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch228::1 Ji, Fiona Xiaoying / College of Business, Ohio University, USA ....................................................1310 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch120::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch120::1 Ji, Ping / The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong .......................................................1998 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch180::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch180::2 Jiang, Yuanchun / Hefei University of Technology, China .............................................................1961 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch176::3 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch176::3 Jin, Jian / The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong .....................................................1998 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch180::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch180::1 Juan, Angel A. / IN3-Open University of Catalonia, Spain ..............................................................304 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch028::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch028::1 Kabir, Md Faisal / United International University, Bangladesh ...................................................1234 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch114::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch114::2 Kalganova, T. / Brunel University, United Kingdom ......................................................................2570 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch229::5 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch229::5 Kalles, Dimitris / Hellenic Open University, Greece ......................................................................2115 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch190::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch190::2 Kang, Myoung-Ah / LIMOS-UMR CNRS 6158, ISIMA, Blaise Pascal University, France ...........2744 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch244::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch244::2 Karadimitriou, Nikolas / Technological Education Institute of Crete, Greece ................................897 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch084::4 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch084::4 Kashevnik, Alexey / St.Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation Russian Academy of Science (SPIIRAS), Russia .........................................................................................................1367 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch124::4 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch124::4 Keele, Ronald A. / Morgan State University, USA ............................................................................864 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch081::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch081::2 Khaitan, Siddhartha / Iowa State University, USA ................................................................574,1781 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch052::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch052::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch159::1 Kieseberg, Peter / SBA Research, Austria .........................................................................................124 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch013::3 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch013::3 Kimble, Chris / Euromed Management, France & Université Montpellier II, France .....................897 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch084::3 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch084::3 Kirkos, Efstathios / ATEI of Thessaloniki, Greece ...........................................................................481 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch043::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch043::1 Kolker, Alexander / University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA ...........................................1067,1446 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch097::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch097::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch131::1 Köppen, Veit / Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Germany ............................................2020 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch182::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch182::1 Korstanje, Maximiliano / University of Palermo, Argentina ...........................................................873 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch082::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch082::1 Kostarelou, Eftychia / University of Thessaly, Greece .....................................................................429 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch039::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch039::1 Kretowska, Malgorzata / Bialystok University of Technology, Poland ............................................491 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch044::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch044::1 Kretowski, Marek / Bialystok University of Technology, Poland ...................................................1080 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch098::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch098::1 Kryszkiewicz, Marzena / Warsaw University of Technology, Poland ............................................2498 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch223::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch223::1 Kumar, Mousumi / Alipurduar College, India .................................................................................936 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch087::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch087::1 Kumar, Rupesh / Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India .....................................................227 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch022::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch022::1 Kumar, V. Santhosh / Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Dubai ............................2685 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch239::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch239::2 Kungwalsong, Kanokporn / Pennsylvania State University, USA ...................................................209 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch020::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch020::1 Kuo, Ching-Chung / University of North Texas, USA ....................................................................2350 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch211::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch211::1 Kurata, Hisashi / University of Tsukuba, Japan ...............................................................................960 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch089::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch089::1 Kwak, Wikil / University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA ............................................................220,609 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch021::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch021::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch056::1 Lai, Shih-Kung / Zhejiang University, China and National Taipei University, Taiwan ...................265 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch025::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch025::1 Langdon, Chris Schlueter / Peter Drucker School of Management, Claremont Graduate University, California, USA ...............................................................................................................................1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch001::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch001::1 Laslo, Zohar / SCE - Shamoon College of Engineering, Israel ......................................................2126 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch191::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch191::2 Lee, Jinsoo / KDI School of Public Policy and Management, Korea ..............................................1358 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch123::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch123::2 Lengacher, David / Concurrent Technologies Corporation, USA ..................................................1529 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch138::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch138::1 Leung, Carson Kai-Sang / University of Manitoba, Canada ...........................................................328 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch030::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch030::1 Levashova, Tatiana / St.Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation Russian Academy of Science (SPIIRAS), Russia .........................................................................................................1367 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch124::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch124::2 Lexhagen, Maria / Mid-Sweden University, Sweden ......................................................................2542 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch227::3 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch227::3 Li, Cuiping / Renmin University of China, China ..........................................................667,1182,1380 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch062::3 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch062::3 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch109::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch125::3 Li, Susan / Adelphi University, USA ................................................................................................1476 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch133::4 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch133::4 Li, Xiaoyan / University of Science and Technology of China, China ............................................1203 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch111::3 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch111::3 Li, Yang / British Telecom, UK....................................................................................................66,888 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch007::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch007::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch083::1 Li, Zhen / Middle Tennessee State University, USA ........................................................................2350 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch211::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch211::2 Lin, Beixin Betsy / Montclair State University, USA ......................................................................2426 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch217::3 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch217::3 Lin, Zhi / Chongqing Jiaotong University, China .............................................................................832 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch078::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch078::1 Liu, Yezheng / Hefei University of Technology, China ...................................................................1961 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch176::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch176::2 Liu, Ying / National University of Singapore, Singapore ................................................................1998 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch180::3 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch180::3 Lloyd, Shannon / Concurrent Technologies Corporation, USA .....................................................1529 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch138::3 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch138::3 Lu, Shen / SoftChallenge LLC, USA ...............................................................................................1411 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch128::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch128::2 Lübcke, Andreas / regiocom LLC, Magdeburg, Germany .............................................................2020 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch182::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch182::2 Luo, Jiangtao / University of Nebraska Medical Center, USA .........................................................832 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch078::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch078::2 Machavarapu, Seshaiah / Tata Consultancy Services, India .........................................................1343 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch122::3 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch122::3 Majumdar, Pradeep Kumar / Adama Science and Technology University, Ethiopia .....................628 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch058::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch058::1 Mangai, J. Alamelu / Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Dubai .............................2685 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch239::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch239::1 Manolitzas, Panagiotis / Technical University of Crete, Greece ......................................................168 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch017::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch017::2 Marmo, Roberto / University of Pavia, Italy ..................................................................................2221 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch200::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch200::1 Masciarelli, Francesca / University G. d’Annunzio, Italy ...............................................................2212 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch199::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch199::1 Mathiyalakan, Sathasivam / Winston-Salem State University, USA .............................................2472 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch220::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch220::1 Matsatsinis, Nikolaos / Technical University of Crete, Greece.........................................................168 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch017::4 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch017::4 McCalley, James D. / Iowa State University, USA ..................................................................574,1781 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch052::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch052::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch159::2 Mihaylova, Iva / University of St. Gallen, Switzerland .............................................................536,838 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch048::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch048::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch079::1 Miller, Tan / Rider University, USA ......................................................................................1735,1910 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch155::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch155::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch171::1 Milolidakis, Giannis / Technological Education Institute of Crete, Greece & Euromed Management, France ..........................................................................................................................................897 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch084::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch084::1 Mirzaei, Shokoufeh / California State Polytechnic University, USA ................................................708 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch066::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch066::1 Mishra, Vinod Kumar / B.T. Kumaon Institute of Technology, India ............................................1224 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch113::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch113::1 Mittal, Sparsh / Iowa State University, USA ..................................................................824,1155,1954 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch077::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch077::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch106::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch175::1 Modesti, Paola / University of Parma, Italy ......................................................................................773 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch072::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch072::1 Moghimi, Fatemeh Hoda / RMIT University, Australia .................................................................1284 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch118::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch118::1 Mohanty, Ramakanta / Keshav Memorial Institute of Technology, India .....................................1422 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch129::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch129::1 Montoya-Torres, Jairo R. / Universidad de La Sabana, Colombia, and University of Leeds, UK .....................................................................................................726,1494 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch068::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch068::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch135::1 Morantz, Brad / Prime Solutions Group Inc., USA ............................................................................57 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch006::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch006::1 Mou, Nusrat Zahan / Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh .........................................................852 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch080::2 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch080::2 Moya, María del Carmen Carnero / University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain .................1517,1550 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch137::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch137::1 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch140::1 Mukerji, Bhasker / St. Francis Xavier University, Canada 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