The Impact of Strategies in Supply Chain Management for Better Performance in Manufacturing SMEs in Aguascalientes

This research aims to analyze the impact of the implementation of strategies in the the Supply Chain Management (SCM), Manufacturing for SMEs in Aguascalientes may have a higher yield. The analysis was performed through the design of an assessment tool aimed at managers through an empirical study in the period from August to December 2013. The methodology has been quantitative approach, as well as correlational and descriptive the sample is random. The expected results are intended to influence the decisions taken by the managers in their organizations to the SCM is still complex, it is more efficient through the implementation of strategies for increased output in manufacturing SMEs in Aguascalientes. In this sense, the expected results intended sizing how important the integration of strategies is in the practice of the SCM, and in turn, the impact of this influence on the Performance of Manufacturing SMEs. In this study, structural equation modeling technique was applied to support software EQS 6.

Introducing probabilistic celular automata. A versatile extension of Game of Live

The "Game of life" model was created in 1970 by the mathematician Jonh Horton Conway using cellular automata. Since then, di erent extensions of these cellular automata have been used in many applications, such as car traffic control or baggage traffic in an airport. These extensions introduce ideas not only from cellular automata models but also from neural networks theory. In this work, we introduce probabilistic cellular automata which include non-deterministic rules for transitions between successive generations of the automaton together with probabilistic decisions about life and death of the cells in next generation of the automaton. This way, more realistic situations can be modeled and the obtained results are also non-deterministic. As an example of use, an implementation of this probabilistic cellular automaton has been developed using it for simulating tissues evolution. The authors are specially interested in simulations of cancerous tissues.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

A fast functional approach to personalized menus generation using set operations

The authors developed some time ago a RBES devoted to preparing personalized menus at restaurants according to the allergies, religious constraints, likes and other diet requirements as well as products availability. A first version was presented at the "Applications of Computer Algebra 2015" (ACA'2015) conference and an improved version to the "5th European Seminar on Computing" (ESCO2016). Preparing personalized menus can be specially important when traveling abroad and facing unknown dishes in a menu. Some restaurants include icons in their menu regarding their adequateness for celiacs or vegetarians and vegans, but this is not always a complete information, as it doesn't consider, for instance, personal dislikes or uncommon allergies. The tool previously developed can obtain, using logic deduction, a personalized menu for each customer, according to the precise recipes of the restaurant and taking into account the data given by the customer and the ingredients out of stock (if any). Now a new approach has been followed, using functions and set operations and the speed has been increased by three orders of magnitude, allowing to deal with huge menus instantly. Both approaches have been implemented on the computer algebra system Maple and are exemplified using the same recipes in order to compare their performances.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Computer Algebra-based RBES personalized menu generator

People have many constraints concerning the food they eat. These constraints can be based on religious believes, be due to food allergies or to illnesses, or can be derived just from personal preferences. Therefore, preparing menus at hospitals and restaurants can be really complex. Another special situation arise when travel- ing abroad. It is not always enough to know the brief description in the restaurant menu or the explanation of the waiter. For example, “calamares en su tinta” (squid in its own ink) is a delicious typical Spanish dish, not well-known abroad. Its brief description would be “squid with boiled rice in its own (black) ink”. But an in- gredient (included in a small amount, in order to thicken the sauce) is flour, a fact very important for someone suffering from celiac disease. Therefore, we have con- sidered that it would be very interesting to develop a Rule Based Expert System (RBES) to address these problems. The rules derive directly from the recipes and contain the information about required ingredients and names of the dishes. We distinguish: ingredients and ways of cooking, intermediate products (like “mayon- naise”, that doesn’t always appear explicitly in the restaurants’ menus) and final products (like “seafood cocktail”, that are the dishes listed in the restaurant menu). For each customer at a certain moment, the input to the system are: on one hand, the stock of ingredients at that moment, and on the other, the religion, allergies and restrictions due to illnesses or personal preferences of the customer. The RBES then constructs a “personalized restaurant menu” using set operations and knowl- edge extraction (thanks to an algebraic Groebner bases-based inference engine[1]). The RBES has been implemented in the computer algebra system Maple TM 18(us-ing its convenient Embedded Components) and can be run from computers and tablets using Maple TM or the Maple TM PlayerUniversidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

A RBES for Generating Automatically Personalized Menus

Food bought at supermarkets in, for instance, North America or the European Union, give comprehensive information about ingredients and allergens. Meanwhile, the menus of restaurants are usually incomplete and cannot be normally completed by the waiter. This is specially important when traveling to countries with a di erent culture. A curious example is "calamares en su tinta" (squid in its own ink), a common dish in Spain. Its brief description would be "squid with boiled rice in its own (black) ink", but an ingredient of its sauce is flour, a fact very important for celiacs. There are constraints based on religious believes, due to food allergies or to illnesses, while others just derive from personal preferences. Another complicated situation arise in hospitals, where the doctors' nutritional recommendations have to be added to the patient's usual constraints. We have therefore designed and developed a Rule Based Expert System (RBES) that can address these problems. The rules derive directly from the recipes of the di fferent dishes and contain the information about the required ingredients and ways of cooking. In fact, we distinguish: ingredients and ways of cooking, intermediate products (like sauces, that aren't always made explicit) and final products (the dishes listed in the menu of the restaurant). For a certain restaurant, customer and instant, the input to the RBES are: actualized stock of ingredients and personal characteristics of that customer. The RBES then prepares a "personalized menu" using set operations and knowledge extraction (thanks to an algebraic inference engine [1]). The RBES has been implemented in the computer algebra system MapleTM2015. A rst version of this work was presented at "Applications of Computer Algebra 2015" (ACA'2015) conference. The corresponding abstract is available at [2].Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Todo modo: Hechos y palabras en la poesía de la experiencia

La primera parte de este artículo analiza las conexiones ideológicas entre ‘Poesía de la Experiencia’ y el movimiento poético ‘La Otra Sentimentalidad’. Este último surgió en Granada a comienzos de los 80 como resultado de la fusion entre filosofía y literatura. El movimiento, basado en una radical política antisistema, intentó crear ‘otra’ forma de expresión en literatura como medio para transformar la ideología dominante, tomando el discurso literario como un instrumento básico a través del cual crear ‘el imaginario’. Sin embargo, tuvo corta vida. Este artículo analiza las razones ideológicas que subyacen bajo su desaparición y la resultante re-confi guración del espectro literario en Granada. El movimiento conocido como ‘La Poesía de la Experiencia’ (o los experienciales) fue resultado de un ajuste ideológico después de que se asumió que el proyecto original había fallado. La segunda parte de este artículo se concentra en el análisis de algunos poemas de Javier Egea, uno de los poetas más representativos de ‘La Otra Sentimentalidad’ (junto con Luis García Montero y Álvaro Salvador). Se centra en el esfuerzo de Egea por poner en practica las ideas iniciadas por ‘La Otra Sentimentalidad’.[Anotace v českém jazyce se připravuje]The first part of this article analyses the ideological connections between ‘Poesía de la Experiencia and the poetic movement ‘La Otra Sentimentalidad’. ‘La Otra Sentimentalidad’ was a literary movement that sprang up in Granada at the beginning of the 80s as a result of the merger of philosophy and literature. The movement, which was grounded in radical anti-system politics, attempted to create an ‘other’ form of expression in literature in order to transform the dominant ideology, positing literary discourse as one of the main instruments through which to create ‘the imaginary’. However, the movement was short-lived. This article analyses the ideological reasons underlying its disappearance, and the resultant re-confi guration of the literary landscape in Granada. The movement known as ‘La Poesía de la Experiencia’ (or los experienciales) was the outcome of an ideological adjustment after it was assumed that the original project had failed. The second part of this article concentrates on the analysis of some of Javier Egea’s poems, one of the most important representatives of ‘La Otra Sentimentalidad’ (along with Luis García Montero and Álvaro Salvador). It focuses on Egea’s endeavour to put into practice the ideas initiated by ‘La Otra Sentimentalidad

Canon literario espanol y novela: mecanismos de incorporación de los artefactos literarios

El presente artículo analiza, desde una perspectiva sociológica (la teoría de los campos de Bourdieu) la dinámica de incorporación de los artefactos literarios al Canon occidental, centrándose en la obra de Miguel Espinosa. Tras una introducción a la obra de este escritor, se analiza la construcción teórica de Harold Bloom en El Canon occidental, estableciendo las conexiones ideológicas entre esa teoría y la lógica de los campos académico y literario. Finalmente, explica cómo la obra de Espinosa ha sido incorporada en el Canon literario hispánico por un sector del campo académico en Espana.[Anotace v českém jazyce se připravuje]This article analyses from a sociological perspective (drawing on Bourdieu’s theory of social fields) the dynamics of incorporation of literary artefacts to the Western Literary Canon, focusing on the work of Espinosa. After an introduction to the main traits of Espinosa’s novels, the article analyses Harold Bloom’s theoretical construction of The Western Canon, establishing the ideological connections between that theory and the logic of the academic and literary fields. Finally, it explains how the work of Espinosa has been incorporated in the Spanish Literary Canon by one sector of the academic field in Spain

Biologicismo y literatura: notas sobre dos cuentos de Jack London

Este trabajo es un comentario e interpretación de dos cuentos de Jack London (1876-1916): ‘Hacer un fuego’ (1908) [‘To build a Fire’], incluido en el libro Lost Face (1910) y ‘Ley de vida’ (1901) [‘The Law of Life’], incluido en Children of the Frost (1902). En el ensayo se propone una interpretación de la ideología que subyace a estos textos (darwinismo, vitalismo) del escritor norteamericano (no nos olvidamos que Jack London tiene más de 50 libros), además de un acercamiento a los puntos de contacto con otros imaginarios (Hemingway, Luis Sepúlveda, ecologismo).[Anotace v českém jazyce se připravuje]A comentary and interpretation of two short stories by north american writer Jack London (1876-1916): ‘To build a Fire’ (1908) and ‘Law of Life’ (1901). If focuses on darwinism and vitalism as a form of ideology determining London’s texts, and points out contacts with other imaginaries (Hemingway, Luis Sepúlveda, ecologism)

Ideología de la representación y representación de la ideología I

El artículo recorre el desarrollo del concepto de ideología en el marxismo occidental así como una serie de críticas desde Bourdieu, diferentes corrientes de feminismo y otros filósofos. El artículo al final se centra en la relación del concepto con la obra de Juan Carlos Rodríguez, filósofo y crítico literario universitario.[Anotace v českém jazyce se připravuje]The article reads de development of the concept of ideology in Western Marxism. It points out the critical approaches to this concept from Bourdieu, different currents of feminism and other philosophers. The article at the end focuses on the relation of this concept with the work of Juan Carlos Rodríguez, philosopher and academic literary critic