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Modularity in Seaport Management: Identification of the Research Problem

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Human Systems Engineering and Design (IHSED 2018)

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This article presents the idea and the existing status of the theoretical advancement of the modularity concept. In the empirical part, the research results of the non-hierarchical analysis of clusters were applied, adopting the case study method, to showcase seaport modularities that are representative of the designated developmental types. The results confirm the generic diversity of modularity and they may be useful for the purposes of strategic and operational management of ports.

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  1. WSB University in Gdańsk, ul. Grunwaldzka 238A, 80-266, Gdańsk, Poland

    Janusz Rymaniak & Bogdan Nogalski

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  1. Institute for Advanced Systems Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

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  2. University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

    Waldemar Karwowski

  3. Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France

    Redha Taiar

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Rymaniak, J., Nogalski, B. (2019). Modularity in Seaport Management: Identification of the Research Problem. In: Ahram, T., Karwowski, W., Taiar, R. (eds) Human Systems Engineering and Design. IHSED 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 876. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02053-8_116

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