This article provides insight into the motivation of young women to join the armed forces and to choose a career in the military. This insight explains why women are still underrepresented in the Netherlands armed forces and can optimize future recruitment programs. An online Dutch questionnaire was …

Intelligence studies missed social science’s “complexity turn” more than twenty years ago. The aim of this article is to examine military intelligence from a complexity science perspective and discuss related concepts such as sensemaking and reflexivity. For this, military and intelligence theory, doctrine, …

Worldwide, rivers face challenges due to human and climatic pressures. Floods, droughts, pollution, damming and hydropeaking are only a few examples of these pressures and influence the way rivers are managed. We invite river-experts, river-managers and river-researchers for an open discussion to understand …

The following paper presents a methodology we developed for addressing the case of a multi-modal network to be implemented in the future. The methodology is based on a simulation approach and presents some characteristics that make a challenge to be verified and validated. To overcome this limitation, …

Concerns have been raised over the increased prominence ofgenerative AI in art. Some fear that generative models could replace theviability for humans to create art and oppose developers training generative models on media without the artist's permission. Proponents of AI art point to the potential increase …

This literature review applies Wenger’s community of practice framework as a theoretical lens to generate insight about the complex collaborative processes of living labs. The authors explore this model with insights from the literature on labs and then set out to understand higher educational living …

This research examines the effects of company expansion on its employees, when there is no indication of further expanding the team. The sales team at Sircle Collection is becoming frustrated as there is no communication of how this expansion will effect their responsibilities. Some employees are currently …

Hotel Des Indes (HDI) is a prestigious hotel dating back to the 19th century, with a rich history and a member of the Leading Hotels of the World (LHW). It offers various amenities, including dining, meeting spaces, and a health club with spa facilities. Currently, the Hospitality Industry (HI) is …

This paper focuses on the use of discrete event simulation (DES) as a decision support tool for airport land use development. As a study case, Querétaro Airport (Mexico) is used, due to its rapid growth and the different services it offers. The SIMIO® software was used to carry out a macro-level simulation …

Artificial intelligence (AI) integration in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) operations has significantly advanced the field through increased autonomy. However, evaluating the critical aspects of these operations remains a challenge. In order to address this, the current study proposes the use of a combination …