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Francesco Longo

Francesco Longo took his degree in Mechanical Engineering, summa cum Laude, in October 2002 from the University of Calabria. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Calabria in January 2006. He is currently Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical, Energy and Management Engineering of University of Calabria. His research interests include Modeling & Simulation for Industry, Defence, Logistics and Cultural Heritage following different research projects in these areas. He is Director of the Modeling & Simulation Center – Laboratory of Enterprise Solutions (MSC-LES), a laboratory operating at DIMEG of University of Calabria.

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International Journal of Practical Healthcare Innovation and Management Techniques (IJPHIMT)

Francesco Longo, Letizia Nicoletti. Est. 2022.

The International Journal of Practical Healthcare Innovation and Management Techniques (IJPHIMT) publishes original research and reviews on practical innovations to support and...

Modeling Energy Portfolio Scoring: A Simulation Framework

U.S. regions are expected to follow the national trend towards investment in renewable energy as part of their electricity portfolio. The progress of energy portfolios that...

Modeling Energy Portfolio Scoring: A Simulation Framework

U.S. regions are expected to follow the national trend towards investment in renewable energy as part of their electricity portfolio. The progress of energy portfolios that...

A Systems Framework for Modeling Health Disparities in the Prevalence in Chronic Conditions following a Natural Disaster Event

Natural disaster events impact both the short- and long-term health of a region’s population. Due to variation in the vulnerability among population segments, a severe storm...

Advanced Solutions for Healthcare Facility Management

This paper presents a simulation study carried out within a private healthcare facility with the aim of understanding whether or not it is able to handle a greater flow of...

International Journal of Privacy and Health Information Management (IJPHIM)

Francesco Longo, Letizia Nicoletti. Est. 2013.

The International Journal of Privacy and Health Information Management (IJPHIM) publishes original research and reviews on all aspects of privacy and health information...

A Systems Framework for Modeling Health Disparities in the Prevalence in Chronic Conditions following a Natural Disaster Event

Natural disaster events impact both the short- and long-term health of a region’s population. Due to variation in the vulnerability among population segments, a severe storm...

An Innovative Serious Game for Education and Training in Health Care

The proposed research work introduces an innovative framework based on Serious Games and agent-driven models for supporting and renewing educational processes in Health Care. To...

Availability Analysis of IaaS Cloud Using Analytic Models

Cloud based systems are inherently large scale. Failures in such a large distributed environment are quite common phenomena. To reduce the overall Cloud downtime and to provide a...