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Why Autonomous Vehicles Are Not Ready Yet: A Multi‐Disciplinary Review of Problems, Attempted Solutions, and Future Directions

Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Personal autonomous vehicles can sense their surrounding environment, plan their route, and drive with little or no involvement of human drivers. Despite the latest technological advancements and the hopeful announcements made by leading entrepreneurs, to date no personal vehicle is approved for road circulation in a “fully” or “semi ...
Xingshuai Dong, Massimiliano Cappuccio, Fady Alnajjar, Luqman Ali, Hamad Al Jassmi, Essam Debie, Milad Ghasrikhouzani, Alessandro Lanteri, Tate McGregor, Oleksandra Molloy, Alice Plebe, Michael Regan, Eduardo Sandoval, Dongmo Zhang   +13 more
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An Open Source Based Data Warehouse Architecture to Support Decision Making in the Tourism Sector [PDF]

In this paper an alternative Tourism oriented Data Warehousing architecture is proposed which makes use of the most recent free and open source technologies like Java, Postgresql and XML.
Francesco Mola, Raffaele Miele
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Tackling the Geopolitics of Standardization: Lessons from Canada's Strategic Foresight-to-Standards Pilot Project

International Journal
Strategic foresight is the systematic exploration of emerging and future developments. Standardization is the process by which a common technical language is created and applied to new concepts and evolving technologies.
Inbal Marcovitch, Alex Wilner
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Situational Analysis and an Action Strategy for the Circular Economy in the Textile Industry

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the transition from the traditional Linear Economy to the Circular Economy model, focusing on the Spanish textile industry. Given the sector's significant environmental impact, characterized by pollution, excessive water consumption, high waste generation, and the use of harmful materials, circularity emerges as a crucial ...
Salvador Perez‐Canto, Maria Angeles Doblas‐Florido   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Invisible Hand in the Process of Making Economics or on the Method and Scope of Economics [PDF]

As a social science, economics cannot be reduced to simply an a priori science or an ideology. In addition economics cannot be solely an empirical or a historical science.
Huseyin Tastan, Turan Yay
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Automation in the Maritime Transport System – A Framework for Planning Resilient Operations [PDF]

Maritime transport systems (MTS) are becoming increasingly automated, integrated and complex. New technology, automation and autonomous systems will contribute to safer, greener, and more efficient transport systems.
Fjørtoft, Kay Endre, Holte, Even Ambros, Ramstad, Lone Sletbakk, Stene, Trine Marie   +3 more
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Transformative foresight for diverse futures: the Seeds of Good Anthropocenes initiative

Development Policy Review
Foresight methods are increasingly recognized as essential for decision‐making in complex environments, particularly within development and research settings.
Rika Preiser, Tanja Hichert, Reinette Biggs, J. V. van Velden, Nyasha Magadzire, Garry D. Peterson, Laura Pereira, Keziah Mayer, K. Benessaiah   +8 more
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From Environmentalist to Ecopreneur? Target Groups and Role Models as Key Elements in Sustainable Entrepreneurship Education

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This research analyses the effects of different types of educational interventions for sustainable entrepreneurship. We conducted 14 interventions for sustainable entrepreneurship and employed a pretest‐posttest study of 148 participants.
Jacob Hörisch, Maren Fokuhl, Maike Buhr, Petra Dickel   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

ENVISIONING THE CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENT CITIES IN BANGLADESH USING FORESIGHT APPROACH [PDF]

Since the climate change significantly alter the city dynamics, governance for urban sustainability and resilience is crucial for strategic decision making.
Fernández-Güell, José-Miguel, Hossain, Maruf   +1 more
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The future of tourism: evolution and future of scenario planning and strategic foresight in tourism with Albert Postma

Journal of Tourism Futures
PurposeAs the Journal of Tourism Futures celebrates its 10th Anniversary, Dr Stefan Hartman (head of department at the European Tourism Futures Institute, NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences) interviews Prof.
Stefan Hartman, Albert Postma
semanticscholar   +1 more source