Adaptive Management Model Research Articles

Developing sustainable land-use patterns at watershed scale using nexus of soil, water, energy, and food

Aside from the many services that soil provides, it also stores water and makes it available to crops, which is critical for food security. However, the necessity of further studies for overcoming the existing gap in relation to the role of soil in the water, energy, and food nexus system has been preoccupying the experts and specialists around the world for some time. In this sense, the balance between many key ecosystem components based on the Soil, water, energy, and food (SWEF) nexus framework is one of the key characteristics of holistic and accommodative watershed management systems. To the best of our knowledge, the watershed scale is used as a planning unit for the first time in the current study to construct a conceptual model for adaptive management of optimum land-use/cover allocation using SWEF. The method was then used for the Shazand Watershed, Iran. Numerous metrics, such as soil erosion, soil organic carbon (SOC), water and energy use, mass efficiency, and economic efficiency, were investigated. Finally, a compound indicator was used to generate the SWEF nexus index (SWEFNI) for various land-uses/crops for the node year 2014. SWFENI ranged from 0.19 (worst) for rangeland to 0.78 (best) for almond plantations, according to the findings. The study's present approach may be tested worldwide.

Adaptive project management model for the international development and aid projects

AbstractThis paper develops an adaptive Project Management Model (PM‐Model) for the International Development and Aid Projects (IDAPs) that International Non‐Governmental Organizations (INGOs) implement by integrating IDAPs' requirements grounded in Total Quality Management (TQM) and Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS). The three‐round Delphi process allows experts' opinions to identify the deficiencies of the PMBOK® Guide to propose an adaptive PM‐Model for the management of IDAPs. Seven experts suggest the required adaptations in Round‐1 and narrow down the transformations in Round‐2. Then, in Round‐3, nine practitioners validate the proposed new model of the final adaptive PM‐Model that entails eight adaptions to the PMBOK® Guide for the interest of IDAPs and vulnerable people reached by these projects. The result contributes to the PM theory by providing an adaptive PM‐Model for the international development industry. This study addresses the practical problems faced by the practitioners. Thus, it promotes people's inclusion and decision‐making, relevancy of provided assistance by IDAPs, accountability, coordination, local capacities and community leadership, monitoring and evaluation, and satisfying donors of IDAPs.

Model of the Adaptive Management System of an Industrial Enterprise in the Conditions of Industry 4.0

The work examines the conceptual and categorical nature of the apparatus of the theory of adaptive management of enterprises in the conditions of digitalization of the economy. The article aims at generalizing the theoretical foundations of adaptive management of an enterprise and developing an ecosystem model of adaptive management of development of economic sectors in the post-war period based on the mechanism of cross-sectoral interaction. The article presents the main approaches to the study of the concept of "adoption". Modern approaches to the management of industrial enterprises in the conditions of digital transformation, which have a cross-industry nature of the process of production of knowledge-intensive products, have been studied. A system of adaptive management of an industrial enterprise is proposed. The system of adaptive management of an industrial enterprise in a changing digital environment determines the order of interaction of many elements of the system, which allows making management decisions and coordinating the interaction of all elements to achieve the strategic goal of an enterprise operating in a constantly changing digital environment. An ecosystem model of cross-industry interaction has been developed and can be an effective mechanism for ensuring the strategic development of industrial enterprises producing high-tech products in the post-war period of Ukraine. For a successful transition to a governance model based on a mechanism of cross-industry cooperation, it is necessary to ensure the formation of an organizational structure of a digital platform of the cross-industry ecosystem that has the potential to scale up to other high-tech industries or facilitate their emergence.

MODEL OF ADAPTIVE ACCESS RIGHTS MANAGEMENT USING PETRI NETS

The article describes the conceptual model of adaptive management of cybersecurity of the information and educational environment of a modern university (IOSU). Petri nets are used as a mathematical apparatus to solve the problem of adaptive management of access rights of IOS users. A simulation model is proposed and modeling in PIPE v4.3.0 package is performed. The possibility of automating the procedures of user profile adjustment to minimize or neutralize cyber threats in IOS is shown. The model of distribution of tasks of the user in computer networks of IOSU is offered. The model, in contrast to the existing ones, is based on the mathematical apparatus of Petri nets and contains variables that reduce the power of the state space. The method of access control (ICPD) has been supplemented. The additions addressed aspects of the verification of access rights, which are required by the tasks and requirements of the security policy, the degree of coherence of tasks and allowed access to the IOSU nodes. Adjusting security rules and metrics for new tasks or reallocating tasks is described in Petri net notation.

Management of sustainable industrial development: innovative search for an adaptive approach in Kyrgyzstan

From 1990 until today, diversification and in some cases a sharp decline of industrial production in Kyrgyzstan have not been properly accompanied by proactive planning and/or management strategies. The adopted 2019-2023 Strategy for Sustainable Industry Development of the Kyrgyz Republic [Decree of the Government of the KR, 2019], including its processing segment, mainly aims to foster the advancement of selected manufacturing sectors and exports, as well as to enhance the competitiveness of Kyrgyz-made industrial goods. Kyrgyzstan’s industry represents one of the key elements of the national economy contributing approx. 20.0% to its GDP [NSC, 2021]. As a rule, adaptive management approaches are effectively applied to the operations of existing large industrial enterprises. Thus, it appears imperative to examine to what extent such approaches can be applied while assessing and managing the sustainable development of small- and medium-size industrial operations, and what corresponding restrictions exist. So far, the relevant terms are reflected neither in Kyrgyzstan’s production management policies nor programs. A full-fledged application of adaptive management approaches will require significant effort. Therefore, the initial step towards their more systemic exercising could manifest itself in utilizing integrated adaptive management models to ensure achievement of specific goals as to the sustainable industrial and economic development of both Kyrgyzstan and the entire Central Asian Region.

The Impact of Climate Change on Forest Development: A Sustainable Approach to Management Models Applied to Mediterranean-Type Climate Regions.

Forest ecosystems are divided into three major groups: boreal, temperate, and tropical. These can be subdivided according to the particularities of each type due to its relative location (littoral, mountain, etc.), climatic conditions, or even geological substrate. Climate change affects each type of forest ecosystem differently. However, it seems to affect temperate forests in Mediterranean-type climate regions more intensely. These regions are located over several continents, with major impacts of increased temperature during summer and decreased precipitation during winter. This situation affects Mediterranean forest ecosystems by increasing the risk of fires, which arise more frequently and are more severe. In addition, the emergence of pests and the spread of invasive species are well-known problems affecting these ecosystems. All of these conditions contribute to losses of productivity and biodiversity. To avoid the destruction of forest resources, and since Mediterranean-type climate regions are considered climate change hot spots with increased vulnerability to disturbances, the implementation of adaptive forest management models could contribute to increasing the resilience of such forests, which could also contribute to mitigating climate change.

Perils of an open Arctic

Perils of an open Arctic

Model of adaptive management of formation of digital competence basics of primary school students

The study is devoted to the issues of modeling the processes of adaptive management of the formation of digital competence of students in the process of obtaining primary education. The key aspects of the theoretical foundations of management of socio-pedagogical systems are revealed. Especially, the principles and approaches to management in general and adaptive in particular are described. It is described, that the essence of management of social and pedagogical systems consists in purposeful influences on the managed subsystem for its ordering. It is determined, that the main task of such management is to ensure the purposefulness, consistency of operation and development of the managed subsystem. The essence of adaptive management is specified, which, taking into account the main characteristics of classical management, is based on the processes of dialogic adaptation of managed and managing subsystems. The characteristics of the key definitions of the research are described, and the structure of the model of adaptive management of the process of formation of digital competence of students in the process of obtaining primary education is presented. The model consists of interconnected structural components, which together give an idea of the process of forming digital competence of students to ensure the success of their lives. The model was built on the basis of system and activity approaches using certain stages of the modeling process. The essence of four blocks of the model is described: target, theoretical, content-technological; and final-reflexive. It is noted, that the pedagogy of partnership is a key component of the formula of the New Ukrainian School and a component of the built model of adaptive management of the formation of digital competence of students in the process of obtaining primary education

Adaptive Management of Sustainable Tourism in Antarctica: A Rhetoric or Working Progress?

Growth and diversification of tourism activities in Antarctica have not been matched by proactive strategies for planning or management. Recognizing that the adaptive management approach has been effectively implemented in managing tourism in protected areas, we examine to what extent this approach has been incorporated into the Antarctic tourism research and management, and what constraints exist for its implementation. To better understand the extent of literature contributions, we conducted an appraisal of 72 peer-reviewed journal articles published from 1992 to 2020 and Antarctic management documents. From a scientific perspective, researchers have been advocating for adaptive management approaches to Antarctic tourism and have applied different elements, particularly ecological assessments, design of management measures, monitoring, and regulatory mechanisms. However, these contributions have not been necessarily translated into management policy and regulations. We acknowledge that full implementation of an adaptive management approach is not easily achievable due to the unique Antarctic regime. However, we argue that comprehensive site-specific and regional adaptive management models could be applied as the first step for a more systematic implementation. This incremental approach could contribute to enhanced stakeholder participation and improved decision-making processes, ultimately leading to a more proactive and effective management of Antarctic tourism, essential for the conservation of the continent.

The Effectiveness of Testing as a Method of Pedagogical Control of Future Specialists With Higher Education

The article deals with the effectiveness of testing as a method of pedagogical control of the professional knowledge of future specialists with higher education. The purpose of the article is to describe the advantages and disadvantages of mass control technologies, the reasons of weak development of pedagogical testing in domestic practice, to give recommendations for a partial solving the problems with the introduction of pedagogical testing. Methods. The authors implement the purpose with the help of such methods as analysis, comparison, generalization, systematization, testing. The results. The authors state that with the paradigm shift in education the main role in controlling the student’s knowledge was shifted to testing, which gave us the possibility to reduce a teacher’s workload and reduce the time for the process of knowledge control itself, as well as to activate the process of self-control among students. The authors emphasize that due to the modern requirements for professional knowledge of future specialists with higher education, they must have an advanced level of information culture and skills to work with printed and electronic source of information, systematize and interpret the professional information which they have obtained during the reading task. There is a description of two insights as for the advantages and disadvantages of mass control technologies in the article. The reasons of weak development of pedagogical testing in domestic practice have been also described. The recommendations for a partial solving the problems with the introduction of pedagogical testing have been given. Conclusions. The article deals with a method of problem solving of education management efficiency. It’s considered as a minimization of time to achieve the advanced level of success in a particular topic. In addition, the mathematical description of the success function and the function of time-consuming have been given in the article. Due to these, a method of minimizing training time for proving the required level of success has been obtained. The article suggests also a description of the applying of a given model for the education structure adaptive management, which saves the substantial time and teacher’s workload without losing the quality of learning material. The authors make an attempt to define the reasons for the absence of testing at the Ukrainian educational services market.

FEATURES OF ENTERPRISES STAFF ADMINISTRATION IN THE INNOVATION CONTEXT

The mechanism of stimulation of employees taking into account the achieved personal results will help to increase the level of interest in reaching the goal of the organization, and to preserve its highly qualified work potential. The main features of innovation by industrial enterprises in the national economy are the long development and testing of innovations, the impossibility in some cases of full appropriation of it’s, the complementary nature of innovation, its close relationship with local conditions and high risk. The task of managing the innovation activity in industrial enterprises of the corporate type of the national economy branches at the present stage can be solved by applying adaptive approaches and adaptive management model. It is based on the formation of the program trajectory of the controlled system for a certain period and the creation of a management system action aimed at eliminating destabilizing disturbances that deviate the controlled system from the program trajectory. The efficiency of the national economy is largely determined by the interaction of science and practice, especially the introduction into production of advanced innovative technologies in industrial enterprises. The analysis of the peculiarities of the innovation process in the national economy shows that the introduction of innovation by enterprises is a process focused on the commercialization of innovations, which reflects the emergence, development and resolution of domestic science and practice, provided by the innovation potential of industrial enterprises.

THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN GLOBAL CONSULTING SERVICES AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

The Covid-pandemic forces governments, individuals, and legal entities to transit from business-as-usual approach to digital, inclusive, innovative, and adaptive management and producing models. Maintaining the old ways of decision-making became increasingly difficult, if not impossible. The lack of adequate knowledge, know-how and time deficit increases the demand for professional advice from peers or individuals and companies specialized in consulting services in different spheres, including management in general, personnel, information technologies, security, etc. The global consulting services industry in general and its most successful representatives, both individuals and firms, seem to prosper in any case, but the question is whether their consultancy really improves business results and stimulates economic growth. The article aims are disclosing the connection between global consulting services and economic development applying correlation analysis to the size of global consulting services market and the World Bank’s data on GDP. The paper discloses recent changes in the size of global consulting services market and world GDP growth. The size of global consulting services markets constantly grew and the change equaled 44.4 percent in 2011–2020. Financial advisory and operations consultancy were the fastest growing segments demonstrating the increase of 54.5 and 53.6 percent, respectively. The global GDP increased by 14.2 during this period reaching $83.8 trillion in 2020 and showing the peak of $87.6 trillion in 2019. Our calculations have shown that the linear correlation coefficient of the size of global consulting services market and world GDP is statistically significant. Therefore, there is a direct and strong connection between consulting services and economic growth, namely the global GDP. The increase of the size of global consulting services market by 1 unit ($1 billion) causes the average increase of the world GDP by 0.139 units ($ trillion). The perspectives of further investigations embrace the analysis of efficiency of consulting services in key segments of the global market, namely strategy, operations, human resources, financial advisory, and technology

Adaptive robust energy management for isolated microgrids considering reactive power capabilities of distributed energy resources and reactive power costs

This paper presents an adaptive robust Energy Management (EM) model for an isolated Microgrid (MG) to decide for the day-ahead optimal dispatch to effectively manage the MG power sources considering uncertainties in Renewable Energy Sources (RESs). The aim of this model is to minimize the operation costs, reactive power costs, spinning reserve and load shedding. Usually, fuel consumption costs of diesel generators are considered to be dependent on active power generation only. However, neglecting the related reactive power costs might result in increased operation costs and deviations from optimal dispatches. Hence, this paper optimizes the costs related to both active and reactive powers of diesel generators. Furthermore, simultaneous active/reactive power dispatch can lead to accurate operation decisions compared to separate dispatch for active or reactive power alone. In addition, this study considers the reactive power capability of inverter-interfaced Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) so that reactive powers can be supplied from inverter-interfaced DERs. Moreover, detailed models for the different resources are presented, especially for diesel generators and inverter interfaced DERs where actual capability curves are used instead of the widely used box constraints. The problem is formulated as nonlinear programming problem using GAMS program and solved by the CONOPT solver.

The use of adaptive project management practices and methodologies in the development of a professional doctoral program

Purpose – Higher education institutions have used more and more project management tools to run development projects to create new professional postgraduate programs. The purpose of this research was to propose an adaptive project management model for creating a professional doctoral course in Business Administration, in order to fulfill the goals established by CAPES.Design/methodology/approach – For such, the qualitative approach was favored with the adoption of the single case study method. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with academic coordinators who are experts in the field in addition to the gathering of documents, thus using data triangulation to explore the phenomenon. The analysis of primary data and the analysis of documents from the Coordinating Agency for Advanced Training of Graduate Personnel (CAPES) served as inputs for analyzing and interpreting the results.Findings – As a result, we developed an adaptive project management model with the following characteristics: a) constant planning of activities, occurring in every cycle of interactions; b) iteration using short activities, allowing for more control of the project; c) validations performed continuously to ensure the goals proposed by CAPES are reached; and d) adaptable to change of scope during the execution phase of the project life cycle.Research limitations/implications – Among the limitations of the study is the lack of other studies related to the use of adaptive project management methodologies for developing postgraduate programs. And for future researches, we point out the need for applying the proposed model, to verify its efficacy and adherence to the development of a professional doctoral course.Originality/value – This study contributes to the academy by highlighting the need for project management as a tool and technique for the development of stricto sensu professional graduate programs. In this way, HEIs will be able to use a model of adaptive project management practices to achieve the objectives proposed by the CAPES evaluation process. As a result, HEIs are strengthened in the management, control and monitoring of the progress of their programs.

Energy aware adaptive resource management model for software‐defined networking‐based service provider networks

Energy aware adaptive resource management model for software‐defined networking‐based service provider networks

河流生态流量适应性管理模式及其应用研究

河流生态流量适应性管理模式及其应用研究

Indonesian Defense Management Models Are Adaptive And Competitive

This research aims to study and describe the existing conditions of Indonesia's current defense management and analyze and develop an adaptive and competitive Indonesian defense management model. This research is a descriptive type with a qualitative approach. The nature of this research is exploratory and qualitative analysis techniques which consist of five stages, namely data collection and assessment, data reduction, data presentation, data validity checking, and drawing conclusions. The results of this study are that currently the defense management carried out by Indonesia still has some gaps and weaknesses where the defense management model has not been developed holistically, where the management of national defense and security has not been interpreted as a whole system. Considering that the implementation of security and defense must be comprehensively carried out as an integrated security and defense system, whose output is of course in addition to the realization of a component of the national defense and security force, including citizens who have strong national resilience. Then, the national defense management model that is found can improve coordination and cooperation between the Ministry of Defense and related institutions in strengthening defense and improving national security as a whole.

Adaptive management and multi-objective optimization of virtual machine in cloud computing based on particle swarm optimization

In order to improve the adaptive management ability of virtual machine placement in cloud computing, an adaptive management and multi-objective optimization method for virtual machine placement in cloud computing is proposed based on particle swarm optimization (PSO). The objective optimization model of adaptive management of virtual machine placement in cloud computing is constructed by particle swarm evolution, and the global optimization control of adaptive management of virtual machine placement in cloud computing is carried out by introducing extremum perturbation operator. The global dynamic objective function of particle swarm optimization is constructed, and the global optimal solution of virtual machine in cloud computing is found by deconvolution algorithm, and the optimal position of particle swarm is searched in two-dimensional space. The multi-objective optimization problem of adaptive management of virtual machine placement is transformed into particle swarm optimization problem to realize adaptive management and multi-objective optimization of virtual machine placement in cloud computing. Simulation results show that the adaptive management of virtual machine placement in cloud computing using this method has better global optimization ability, better convergence of particle swarm optimization, and better performance of multi-objective optimization.

Adaptive capacity in the foundation tree species Populus fremontii: implications for resilience to climate change and non-native species invasion in the American Southwest.

Populus fremontii (Fremont cottonwood) is recognized as one of the most important foundation tree species in the southwestern USA and northern Mexico because of its ability to structure communities across multiple trophic levels, drive ecosystem processes and influence biodiversity via genetic-based functional trait variation. However, the areal extent of P. fremontii cover has declined dramatically over the last century due to the effects of surface water diversions, non-native species invasions and more recently climate change. Consequently, P. fremontii gallery forests are considered amongst the most threatened forest types in North America. In this paper, we unify four conceptual areas of genes to ecosystems research related to P. fremontii’s capacity to survive or even thrive under current and future environmental conditions: (i) hydraulic function related to canopy thermal regulation during heat waves; (ii) mycorrhizal mutualists in relation to resiliency to climate change and invasion by the non-native tree/shrub, Tamarix; (iii) phenotypic plasticity as a mechanism for coping with rapid changes in climate; and (iv) hybridization between P. fremontii and other closely related Populus species where enhanced vigour of hybrids may preserve the foundational capacity of Populus in the face of environmental change. We also discuss opportunities to scale these conceptual areas from genes to the ecosystem level via remote sensing. We anticipate that the exploration of these conceptual areas of research will facilitate solutions to climate change with a foundation species that is recognized as being critically important for biodiversity conservation and could serve as a model for adaptive management of arid regions in the southwestern USA and around the world.

A System of Adaptive Management of a Pharmacy's list of essential medicines

In order to improve the quality of public medicine supply and the tool for optimizing the socio-economic component of pharmaceutical activity of a pharmacy, it is necessary to search for modern management technologies that allow for preventiveness and adaptability. This paper presents a conceptual model of adaptive management of a pharmacy's list of essential medicines, which is the basis for decision-making on the optimization of assortment policy concerning the assortment minimum. A balanced assortment matrix of the list of essential medicines has been formed as a result of the model construction, which is a determining factor of its rationality.