Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsUtility-Based Policy Management System for Virtual OrganizationAnas J.A. Husain, Chan Huah YongProblem statement: Policy issues have become a challenge within Virtual Organizations (VOs) that integrate participants and resources, spanning multiple physical institutions. Each of the VO classes has different goals that hope to be achieved by providing policies. The main question in this regard is that "how such policies can help the entire VO participants achieve their goals". Approach: As a … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 5, Issue 9 · 30 Sep 2009 · 6,369 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSupplier Selection and Performance Evaluation of Telecommunication CompanyAtefeh Amindoust, Shamsuddin Ahmed, Ali SaghafiniaProblem statement: In today’s manufacturing outsourcing of resources has significant importance. Efficient supplier selection process is a central part in supply chain management for enterprises for outsourcing. Approach: The nature of supplier selection is a multi criteria decision making problem and in the selection process multiple criteria must be considered. In this study a multiple attribute utility theory base on … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 1 · 28 Feb 2012 · 9,339 accessesView PDFCite