Browsing School of Management (SoM) by Author "Varga, Liz"

Browsing School of Management (SoM) by Author "Varga, Liz"

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  • Adaptive tension, self-organization and emergence : A complex system perspective of supply chain disruptions 
    Tewari, Anurag (Cranfield University, 2017-03)
    The purpose of this thesis was to explore how microstate human interactions produce macro level self-organization and emergence in a supply disruption scenario, as well as discover factors and typical human behaviour that ...
  • Aerospace Supply Chains as Evolutionary Networks of Activities: Innovation Via Risk-Sharing Partnerships 
    Rose-Anderssen, Christen; Baldwin, James S.; Ridgway, Keith; Allen, Peter M.; Varga, Liz (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008-12-01)
    In the aerospace industry competitive advantage is searched through product innovation. This paper sets out to explore the effects that relationship development in the commercial aerospace supply chains have on innovation ...
  • Agent based modeling of energy networks 
    Gonzalez de Durana, Jose Maria; Barambones, Oscar; Kremers, Enrique; Varga, Liz (Elsevier, 2014-04-03)
    Attempts to model any present or future power grid face a huge challenge because a power grid is a complex system, with feedback and multi-agent behaviors, integrated by generation, distribution, storage and consumption ...
  • An agent-based model for energy service companies 
    Robinson, Marguerite; Varga, Liz; Allen, Peter (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2015-04-01)
    The residential housing sector is a major consumer of energy accounting for approximately one third of carbon emissions in the United Kingdom. Achieving a sustainable, low-carbon infrastructure necessitates a reduced and ...
  • Agent-based modeling of the energy network for hybrid cars 
    Gonzalez de Durana, Jose Maria; Barambones, Oscar; Kremers, Enrique; Varga, Liz (Elsevier, 2015-04-17)
    Studies in complex energy networks devoted to the modeling of electrical power grids, were extended in previous work, where a computational multi-layered ontology, implemented using agent-based methods, was adopted. This ...
  • Anaerobic digestion: a prime solution for water, energy and food nexus challenges 
    Haltas, Ismail; Suckling, James; Soutar, Iain; Druckman, Angela; Varga, Liz (Elsevier, 2017-09-19)
    We solve the problem of identifying one or more optimal patterns of anaerobic digestion (AD) installation across the UK, by considering existing installations, the current feedstock potential and the project growth of the ...
  • The Coevolution Of The Firm And The Supply Network: A Complex Systems Perspective 
    Varga, Liz (Cranfield University, 2009-04)
    A complex adaptive systems approach has been permeating organizational studies and the field of supply network management helping to describe and explain supply network dynamics and emergent inter-firm structures. This ...
  • A collective mindfulness perspective of information sharing in the blood supply chain. 
    Lusiantoro, Luluk (Cranfield University, 2018-11)
    Purpose: This thesis aims to determine and unravel the underlying mechanisms of how inter-organisational information sharing influences blood safety and availability in the dyadic blood supply chain in normal, high tempo, ...
  • A complex systems perspective on innovation, investment and regulation of evolving telecommunications networks 
    Durmagambetov, Yerlan (2017-09)
    This thesis is a Doctoral Thesis of the International Executive Doctorate Programme (DBA) at the School of Management, Cranfield University, UK. The purpose of the study is to present the results of the research dedicated ...
  • Energy and Complexity (Editorial) 
    Lukszo, Zofia; Bompard, Ettore Bompard; Hines, Paul; Varga, Liz (Wiley, 2018-06-13)
    Sustainable energy systems are complex sociotechnical systems with a social network of many players that “together” develop, operate, and maintain the technical infrastructure. No single player controls the system, but ...
  • Energy and complexity: new ways forward 
    Bale, Catherine S. E.; Varga, Liz; Foxton, Timothy J. (Elsevier, 2015-01-15)
    The purpose of this paper is to review the application of complexity science methods in understanding energy systems and system change. The challenge of moving to sustainable energy systems which provide secure, affordable ...
  • Engaging stakeholders in research to address water-energy-food (WEF) nexus challenges 
    Hoolohan, C.; Larkin, A.; McLachlan, C.; Falconer, R.; Soutar, I.; Suckling, J.; Varga, Liz; Haltas, Ismail; Druckman, A.; Lumbroso, D.; Scott, M.; Gilmour, D.; Ledbetter, R.; McGrane, S.; Mitchell, C.; Yu, D. (Springer, 2018-04-04)
    The water–energy–food (WEF) nexus has become a popular, and potentially powerful, frame through which to analyse interactions and interdependencies between these three systems. Though the case for transdisciplinary research ...
  • Engineering resilient complex systems: the necessary shift toward complexity science 
    Punzo, Giuliano; Tewari, Anurag; Butans, Eugene; Vasile, Massimiliano; Purvis, Alan; Mayfield, Martin; Varga, Liz (IEEE, 2020-01-01)
    This position article addresses resilience in complex engineering and engineered systems (CES). It offers a synthesis of academic thinking with an empirical analysis of the challenge. This article puts forward argumentations ...
  • An evolutionary theory of systemic risk and its mitigation for the global financial system 
    Ilin, Thomas (Cranfield University, 2014-01)
    This thesis is the outcome of theory development research into an identified gap in knowledge about systemic risk of the global financial system. It takes a systems-theoretic approach, incorporating a simulation-constructivist ...
  • Function value-based multi-objective optimisation of reheating furnace operations using Hooke-Jeeves algorithm 
    Gao, Bo; Wang, Chunsheng; Hu, Yukun; Tan, C. K.; Roach, Paul Alun; Varga, Liz (MDPI, 2018-09-03)
    Improved thermal efficiency in energy-intensive metal-reheating furnaces has attracted much attention recently in efforts to reduce both fuel consumption, and CO2 emissions. Thermal efficiency of these furnaces has improved ...
  • Infrastructure: Opportunities from interdependencies 
    Grafius, Darren; Varga, Liz; Jude, Simon (UCL, 2017-06-13)
  • Innovations for sustainable lifestyles – an agent based model approach 
    Allen, Peter; Robinson, M.; Butans, Eugene; Varga, Liz (Springer, 2018-06-28)
    An important aspect of any scientific approach to sustainability must be methods by which the impacts of possible innovations can be assessed. Clearly, we need to make massive changes in our lifestyles if we are to get ...
  • Modelling Sustainable Energy Futures for the UK 
    Allen, Peter M.; Varga, Liz (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2014-03-01)
    As a result of signing the Kyoto Agreement the UK will need to reduce carbon emissions to 20% of their 1990 value by 2050. This will require a complete change in power generation over the next 40 years. The system involved ...
  • Multi-utility service companies: a complex systems model of increasing resource efficiency 
    Varga, Liz; Robinson, Marguerite; Allen, Peter (Wiley, 2015-06-19)
    Domestic households account for a significant portion of energy consumption and carbon emissions in the United Kingdom. Gains in energy and resource efficiency are undermined by the continuing rise in consumption. A ...
  • Nonlinear dynamic simulation and control of large-scale reheating furnace operations using a zone method based model 
    Hu, Yukun; Tan, C. K.; Broughton, Jonathan; Roach, Paul Alun; Varga, Liz (Elaevier, 2018-02-14)
    Modern reheating furnaces are complex nonlinear dynamic systems having heat transfer performances which may be greatly influenced by operating conditions such as stock material properties, furnace scheduling and throughput ...

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