Resource Management Features Research Articles

Intelligent wireless resource management in industrial camera systems: Reinforcement Learning-based AI-extension for efficient network utilization

In this paper, we present an innovative method for replacing wired communication within an operational agile production cell with wireless communication, using a minimal number of access points. Our approach utilizes Reinforcement Learning (RL) to optimize the layout and minimize the required number of access points. We introduce an Artificial Intelligence (AI) agent that facilitates cooperative interaction between cameras and access points, optimizing camera stream utilization and radio coverage. This solution benefits from the recent standardization of The fifth generation of mobile communications (5G) Network Resource Management (NRM) features of the User Equipment (UE) attached to the cameras. To accommodate the dynamic nature of the production cell, our optimization algorithms run during cell operation, necessitating extended training times.Our contributions extend beyond the state-of-the-art by offering a Digital Twin (DT) environment equipped with physics and radio propagation capabilities, fast raytracing for radio propagation modeling, curriculum-learning-based reinforcement learning, and a Physical Twin (PT) of the radio-connected camera with self-adjusting scene setup capabilities. This comprehensive proposal combines the efficiency of 5G radio utilization with precise modeling and high-resolution simulations, while also significantly improving training speed.In the Agile Robotics for Industrial Automation Competition (ARIAC) 2020 environment, our methods showed compelling results, with curriculum learning achieving a remarkable 3x speed-up compared to non-curriculum approaches. We also demonstrated that high Quality of Service (QoS) demands can be reduced to just 2% of total time while maintaining consistent productivity Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). Furthermore, we explored the integration of these methods into Internet of Things (IoT) devices with limited performance capabilities. In conclusion, our approach offers significant benefits and savings for IoT devices, networks, edge clouds, and industry players.

Impact of Green Human Resource Management Practices on Organizational Citizenship Behavior: Job Satisfaction: The Study of ABC Manufacturing Company in Sri Lanka.

Green Human Resource Management (GHRM) features environmental management with HR practices, with a focus on workplace sustainability, and environmental responsibility. This approach aims to foster a practice of concern for the environment and green practices among employees. Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) is defined as voluntary, extra-role behaviors conducted by employees that enhance an organization’s success but are not part of their formal job responsibilities. These actions, such as supporting coworkers and being proactive, improve overall organizational effectiveness. This study intends to contribute to fill the empirical gap in the existing literature within Sri Lankan context. Hence this was a quantitative and cross- sectional study which was based on an organization in manufacturing industry. The main aim of this study is to analyze the impact of green human resource management on organizational citizenship behavior through the mediating role of job satisfaction in ABC manufacturing companies in Sri Lanka. A survey was applied to a sample of 327 collaborators working in the manufacturing industry at ABC Company. The result shows that there is a moderately positive impact of green human resource management on organizational citizenship behavior with the mediator effect of job satisfaction. This study proves to be important when understanding the individual effects caused by a green human resource management system.

Strategic management of the support of international relocators by domestic enterprises as a tool for trend analysis of the international labor market in the conditions of martial law in Ukraine

Introduction. In wartime, many companies remain without offices, and company management faces the question of closing the business or moving (relocating) to another city in order to continue the company's activities. Relocation requires careful consideration and planning. Also, over time, all labor migrants began to be called relocants. And with the beginning of the full-scale invasion, millions of Ukrainians left Ukraine. From this side, the second question opens: how to organize the company in such a way as to support people who are currently abroad? This mostly applies to law firms, because problems may arise not depending on geolocation. Therefore, the question of how to adjust the work of a company that works with Ukrainians abroad is relevant for business, especially during martial law. The purpose of the paper is to determine the features of resource management to ensure the international movement of workers and the specifics of working with Ukrainians abroad. Results. Relocation managers should develop a relocation strategy to streamline the process, namely: 1. Determination of the need for relocation and the suitability of the employee; 2. Determination of internal and external factors of displacement; 3. Preparation for moving; 4. Assistance during relocation; 5. Adaptation of personnel after relocation; 6. Evaluation of the effectiveness of the program and introduction of adjustments. If we consider the issue of support of Ukrainian emigrants by domestic companies, using the example of legal companies, it can be noted that there are additional difficulties in working with Ukrainians abroad: some documents must be sent by mail; the complexity of communication between countries; a large time difference affects; documents may be lost due to a quick move; other problems are determined by the specifics of the client's case. Conclusion. In order to move employees to other countries, financial costs are required to ensure the move and initial residence in another country, as well as costs for additional personnel who will directly deal with the settlement of the move. On the other hand, it is an opportunity to improve staff qualifications and close staff shortages in individual branches. If we consider immigrants as customers, this is an opportunity for geographical expansion, when the number of consumers in the country itself has decreased. On the other hand, immigrants have problems that need to be solved in their homeland. Thus, there is a demand for services abroad. But cooperation with such clients has difficulties that require increased management and digitization.

Features of resource management in the HoReCa sphere during the war period

Introduction. During the war, the hotel and restaurant industry is faced with a lack of resources and the provision of quality services. Understanding the nature of resource management in conflict situations is critical to mitigating the negative impact on the HoReCa business. The purpose of the article is to study the features of resource management in the HoReCa sphere during the war. Results. Resource management was determined as a crucial aspect of effective management in the context of the HoReCa sphere during times of war. The meaning of the HoReCa industry covering hotels, restaurants and catering services was considered. Various factors have been identified that affect the HoReCa business during wartime, including threats to personnel safety, risks of destruction of equipment and infrastructure, lack of resources and others. The main features of resource management in HoReCa sphere in wartime were investigated: ensuring the safety of staff and customers, rational use of resources and change management. Ensuring the safety of staff and customers in wartime is in the first place. It is indicated that in order to create security, it is important for enterprises to develop risk management plans, use modern technologies and cooperate with security services and authorities. In conditions of limited resources, effective management of material, financial and human resources includes meticulous budget planning, cost control, and efficient utilization of available financial tools. It is emphasized that managing changes in wartime allows enterprises to adapt to new conditions, quickly respond to changes and use resources efficiently to ensure stability and success. Conclusions. The article discusses the specificities of resource management in the HoReCa sphere during wartime. It emphasizes the priority of ensuring safety for both staff and customers, necessitating the implementation of appropriate measures and training. Rational resource utilization and adaptability to changes are also highlighted as crucial factors in effectively managing resources under limited conditions.

Deploying Multi-tenant FPGAs within Linux-based Cloud Infrastructure

Cloud deployments now increasingly exploit Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) accelerators as part of virtual instances. While cloud FPGAs are still essentially single-tenant, the growing demand for efficient hardware acceleration paves the way to FPGA multi-tenancy. It then becomes necessary to explore architectures, design flows, and resource management features that aim at exposing multi-tenant FPGAs to the cloud users. In this article, we discuss a hardware/software architecture that supports provisioning space-shared FPGAs in Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) clouds. The proposed hardware/software architecture introduces an FPGA organization that improves hardware consolidation and support hardware elasticity with minimal data movement overhead. It also relies on VirtIO to decrease communication latency between hardware and software domains. Prototyping the proposed architecture with a Virtex UltraScale+ FPGA demonstrated near specification maximum frequency for on-chip data movement and high throughput in virtual instance access to hardware accelerators. We demonstrate similar performance compared to single-tenant deployment while increasing FPGA utilization, which is one of the goals of virtualization. Overall, our FPGA design achieved about 2× higher maximum frequency than the state of the art and a bandwidth reaching up to 28 Gbps on 32-bit data width.

Modeling and evaluation of dispatching policies in IaaS cloud data centers using SANs

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) clouds not only have to meet business requirements but also need to consider other important metrics that influence the quality of service, such as performance, availability, and power consumption. In this paper, we present a Stochastic Activity Network (SAN) based analytical approach that simultaneously computes these metrics under a given load for IaaS cloud data centers. The model's high-level abstraction of IaaS clouds allows us to evaluate different resource management strategies and features, including cloud federation and dispatching policies. In a first step, we model a single rack including its autonomous local manager responsible for scheduling IaaS requests onto available PMs. In a second step, we present a unified model that represents an entire data center, including an energy-aware central manager, to take advantage of structure-awareness for managing cloud resources in an optimized way. We introduce and evaluate several dispatching policies that can be used by the cloud central manager to demonstrate the applicability of the unified SAN model. The model is validated against the well-known CloudSim framework. Extended simulations are also conducted to apply the proposed model to a real-world IaaS cloud.

Controlling Biodiversity Data in the Agricultural Gene Bank Using Service-Oriented Architecture

Indonesia is one of the world’s richest nations in biodiversity. Genetic resources management features a wide range of activities involving various agencies and organizations. Nowadays, data and information on genetic and biodiversity resources are still unintegrated between agencies and institutions. This causes a situation called information silo, which leads to management information systems being ineffective and inefficient. In order to overcome this problem, a flexible, interoperable architecture control is needed. Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) is an appropriate approach to control distributed and heterogeneous systems to integrate genetic resources data and information systems at the Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development (IAARD). The SOA system is built by the SOMA method, which consists of some methods. The results show that the new system runs well and it is more effective and efficient than the previous one.

ІННОВАЦІЙНЕ УПРАВЛІННЯ РЕСУРСОЗАБЕЗПЕЧЕННЯМ ТА ЕКОНОМІЧНОЮ БЕЗПЕКОЮ ПІДПРИЄМСТВА В УМОВАХ КОНКУРЕНТНОГО СЕРЕДОВИЩА

The article considers the features of innovative resource management and economic security of the enterprise in a competitive environment. In carrying out the study methods were used: systematization – to describe the features of the impact of the competitive environment; construction of substantive models – for the proposed model of innovative resource management and economic security of the enterprise; generalization – to form the conclusions of the study. The purpose of the article is to define the theoretical aspects of resource supply and economic security innovation management taking into account the competitive environment. The theoretical aspects of the relationship between the basic definitions of innovative resource management and economic security. It is proposed to take into account the conditions, challenges and threats of a competitive environment in the formation of innovative resource management mechanism and economic security enterprise. The investment model of innovative management of resources and economic security of the enterprise in a competitive environment is constructed and described. The elements of the proposed model are discussed in detail. The goals of the content model is: increasing profitability of the company, providing an effective use of resources, providing a rational level of protection of investment interests. The tools for achieving these goals in the model are described: the use of attracted capital, investment assets, diversification of investment capital, digitalization tools, capitalization of intellectual property, re-engineering of investment processes. The structural and logical links of the investment model of innovative resource management and economic security of the enterprise in a competitive environment are characterized. The proposed investment model of innovative resource management and economic security of the enterprise needs to be implemented in the overall system of management and optimization of economic security systems and resource management of the enterprise. Subsequent research should be directed towards the implementation of the proposed model into the practical operations of enterprises.

Blockchain-Based Resource Allocation Model in Fog Computing

Fog computing makes up for the shortcomings of cloud computing. It brings many advantages, but various peculiarities must be perceived, such as security, resource management, storage, and other features at the same time. This paper investigates the resource contribution model between the fog node and cloud or users when fog computing introduces blockchain. The proposed model practices the reward and punishment mechanism of the blockchain to boost the fog nodes to contribute resources actively. The behavior of the fog node in contributing resources and the completion degree of the task also for contributing resources are packaged into blocks and stored in the blockchain system to form a transparent, open, and tamper-free service evaluation index. The differential game method is employed to model and solve the above process and address the interaction between the optimal resource contribution strategy of the fog node and the optimal benefit under the optimal resource contribution strategy. Indirectly, this service evaluation index also brings long-term economic benefits to fog service providers. Besides, taking advantage of the performance characteristics of the collective maintenance of blockchain and the ability to establish a credible consensus mechanism in an untrusted environment, fog computing nodes, under the proposed architecture, can have specific security protection capabilities.

Network slicing - enabled RAN management for 5G: Cross layer control based on SDN and SDR

Having already entered the initial phase of the 5th generation networks (5G) era, the network ecosystems have already begun comprising a plethora of coexisting 3GPP and non-3GGP Radio Access Technologies (RATs). Deployment scenarios envision a multi-layer use of macro, micro and femto-cells, where multi-mode end devices, supporting different applications, are served by heterogeneous access technologies. At the same time, this heterogeneous environment results in an abstract pool of resources, moving away from the traditional cell concept and exposing the network administrator with the collective resources in time, frequency, and space. An imperative need is thus created, to obtain an overview of the network and radio conditions in order to respond in an optimal way. The concepts of Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Software Defined Radio (SDR), when applied in a coordinated and sophisticated manner, may prove of utmost importance towards addressing the aforementioned challenges. The concept of network slicing -that enables the creation of several virtual networks with diverse characteristics, on top of common infrastructure- further reinforces the flexibility and dynamicity of the network. To this end, we present and evaluate a Cross Layer Controller (CLC), which acts on top of well-established SDN and SDR technologies, and monitors in real-time the conditions in the radio environment, as well as the transport network traffic, in a unified way; based on this dynamic input, CLC enforces sophisticated, end-to-end resource allocation policies and pairing mechanisms between network slices from different network segments, highlighting thus, the feature of cross layer resource management and dynamic adaptation. The experimentation results demonstrate the considerable gains acquired from the proposed solution.

Human resource management features in service field

The necessity of improving the human resource management in service fields set in this article. The issue is presented in a new way. In particular, it is stated that staff is a combination of personalities but each person has individual characteristics and the unified method of their management cannot be implemented. The same applies to their study. They should measure and control studies which they need themselves. Personnel management features of the service enterprise lie in the fact that operating management is closely related to personnel management. From the outset this system is projected so that all operations of delivery service require from supplier personality the different set of skills. These skills in staff differ not only by studies but also are different naturally (genetically).Someone likes to serve other people personally (for example makes manicure and pedicure) but some people cannot stand this kind of work and are oriented not on people, but on subjects (for example shoes and clothes repairman and others). And etc. There is important to note in papers, that before this latest years old methods where used for the management of human resources in service sector, namely it was not assigned as leading factor, selforganization and self — management where not encouraged in staff activities, the labor features according to the service role (front office) where not studied and many other factors. These innovations have already been established abroad; also it should begin in Georgia. First of all here as well as abroad each worker of the enterprise must become a part of its capital — the part of a human capital. American specialists are started to talk about the value of human capital. Article cites an important conclusion of the study conducted in the United States: As well is managed the staff of service enterprise, better is the quality of service they ensure for customers.

Debt, Poverty and Resource Management in a Rural Smallholder Economy

This paper develops a model to capture the key features of poverty, credit constraints and resource management faced by poor rural households. We assume that, due to the existence of asymmetric information and moral hazard, the household faces an increasing cost of credit as its debt/equity ratio rises. A household exploiting a natural resource may fall into a poverty trap, but only if it is unable to afford the increasing borrowing costs implied by increasing debt to allow it to avoid such a trap, or if it discounts future utility so much that a balanced growth path cannot be financed at any level of long-run borrowing. In contrast, along an optimal balanced growth path, the household’s asset wealth, purchased inputs, resource stock and consumption increase at the same constant rate. However, over the long run there may be carrying capacity limits that prevent the resource from improving further. The household may then direct its savings to accumulating financial assets, and eventually under certain conditions may become a net creditor with resource exploitation becoming a less and less important source of its income.

Factors explaining the Impact of Performance Measures in European Local Governments

This paper seeks to identify the drivers of the variations in the impact perceived by managers of the implementation of performance measures (PM) across European local governments. We argue that insights from the use of PM for managerial processes and human resources (HR) management features condition the perceived impact of PM systems. The data was collected through a questionnaire answered by local governments of 16 European countries. The results show that the higher the use of PM in performance-oriented budgeting processes, the higher the impact of PM on improvements in the quality of decision-making. Monetary incentives linked to performance better explain the actual results in PM implementation than the kind of HR system of the cities and the academic backgrounds of their senior managers.

The development of water markets in China: progress, peril, and prospects

This article employs the case of China to address questions concerning the proper design and implementation of Water Rights Trading (WRT) and its applicability in developing countries. The article relies on key-informant interviews and Chinese-language sources to explain the development of China's water markets to date, and to assess their future prospects for expansion. The article proceeds in three parts. First, it identifies three distinctive features of water policy in China that limit the applicability of market-based responses to water scarcity: a legacy of administrative control over water, a distinctive agricultural structure and politics, and central–local tensions and conflicts. Second, it surveys the status of current WRT projects in China, highlighting their limited scope by examining three case studies. Finally, the article identifies specific issues that must be addressed to further develop Chinese water markets. The article argues that water markets have an important but only partial role in meeting China's water resource challenges. Scholars interested in the design and implementation of water markets in developing countries should pay greater attention to such fundamental features of governance and water resource management, and the prospect of integrating market mechanisms with administrative and supply-augmentation approaches.

Managing social–ecological systems under uncertainty: implementation in the real world

Nuno, A., N. Bunnefeld, and E. Milner-Gulland. 2014. Managing social–ecological systems under uncertainty: implementation in the real world. Ecology and Society 19(2): 52. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-06490-190252

Water Resources Governance Stakeholder Analysis and Treatment Network Construction

By introducing social network theory to examine water resources management, we propose a connotation in the governance of water resources management, governance and management features content that water resources management is essentially belongs to a network of public resources around the governance model, different from the traditional bureaucratic model water management, but also from the introduction of market mechanisms and the formation of the market model of water management. Organizational analysis is to establish the basis for management analysis framework, under the guidance in this basic understanding, and further studies are needed on the river basin water management network organizational model to analyze, from the organizational characteristics of basin water resources management to start in order to build for Water Resources governance analysis framework. From Taihu Lake Basin Water Resources Management and other activities of the participants and the organization perspective, management of water resources presents a network organization of the state. Theoretical perspective through social networks, we further basin water management network organizational model for analysis.

Collaborative Adaptive Management: Challenges and Opportunities

Collaborative adaptive management merges three essential features of twenty-first century conservation and resource management—science, collaboration, and a focus on results. These features intersect in conservation and resource management contexts characterized by: (1) high degrees of uncertainty; (2) complexity resulting from multiple variables and non-linear interactions; (3) interconnectedness—among issues, across landscapes, and between people and place; and (4) persistent, possibly dramatic, change. In this context, many resource management decisions present communication challenges, information challenges, coordination challenges, and action challenges. Collaboration and adaptive management, in part, are responses to these challenges. Many resource management questions are technical and complex. But policies and project decisions have distributional effects and often involve trade-offs. These effects raise issues about the respective roles of scientists, technical experts, and the public; underscore the relevance of adaptive decision frameworks, and heighten the importance of collaborate decision making. This essay examines collaborative adaptive management in this context from the perspective of a decisionmaker.

Not for all seasons: why timing is critical in the design of visitor impact monitoring programs for aquatic sites within protected areas

Environmental monitoring is an essential feature of environmental assessment and natural resource management. Whilst the focus of monitoring programs is often on the response of chosen variables to a disturbance of particular concern, it is also important to consider the variability of disturbance pressures in relation to the variability of the ecosystem state. In this paper, we discuss the need to relate environmental variability to disturbance variability in small-scale monitoring programs designed to assess the impact of short-term pulses of visitors on the condition of aquatic ecosystems in protected areas. We use data from protected areas from six Koppen climate zones in Australia to highlight the fact that peaks in visitation do not always coincide with existing monitoring protocols or with optimal times for monitoring on the basis of environmental variability, particularly in relation to rainfall and temperature and, hence, likely biological activity. We highlight how recognising the interaction between disturbance variability and environmental variability will greatly enhance the power of monitoring programs and substantially improve our capacity to detect responses to temporally pulsed disturbances. Analyses of this type, undertaken before the establishment of monitoring programs, will yield higher quality information and a better return on monitoring investment for natural resource managers.

Briefing: Implications of material security concern for waste management

Supply security for specialty metals has become a concern in advanced economies and improved waste and resource management features prominently among the suggested policy solutions. Legislation with a material impact on boundary conditions for industries is currently lacking. Despite high price levels, significant legislation and public investment appear necessary in order to entice industry to increase efforts in this field, because of large uncertainties and risks for waste management firms. Individual companies and industry associations should seek to intensify the emerging dialogue with policy makers in Europe and elsewhere about meaningful public–private partnerships in this field.

Rethinking the ‘Project’: Bridging the Polarized Discourses in IWRM

Integrated water resource management (IWRM) is a response to current acknowledgement of the complexity and wickedness of water management. IWRM aims to enable appropriate responses via multi-party participation. Adaptive management—purposeful learning for improved action—is a useful tool for integrating water resource management. It provides a framework to enable participatory processes and social learning to contribute to changed policies and practices. However, the institutional constraints on moving to adaptive management (and hence IWRM) are many and deeply entrenched. The paper explores these constraints by considering the almost unconscious, and generally uncritical, reliance on ‘projects’ in natural resource management. Using examples from Australia, it reflects on the defining features of natural resource management ‘projects’ and critically considers these in relation to the conditions needed for adaptive management, social learning and IWRM. Projects, bounded in time and space and strongly tied to political and financial cycles, encourage short-term planning and action, not to mention risk avoidance and solidification of power differentials. Active reflection on the nature of projects provides a useful space to explore a possible clash between the normative idealistic and the critical realist perspectives of integrating water management.