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Maximum-Entropy-Based Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory and Its Application in Emergency Management
Decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) can visualize the structure of complex causal relationships, so it is widely used in decision making. One of the important steps in DEMATEL is normalization, and it has...
Published by: IGI Global
A pragmatic analysis of public signs in China
Jing Deng
Mar 19, 2014
This paper investigates the linguistic and pragmatic features of public signs in three distinct historical stages of the Chinese society. It then focuses on the new features of public signs, in order to shed light on the...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
A Bibliometric Analysis of Automated Writing Evaluation in Education Using VOSviewer and CitNetExplorer from 2008 to 2022
Xinjie Deng
Jan 01, 2022
As technology develops by leaps and bounds, automated writing evaluation (AWE) has caught increasing attention worldwide. This study aims to provide an overview of research literature focusing on AWE used in education through...
Published by: IGI Global
Research on Evaluation of Intelligent Manufacturing Capability and Layout Superiority of Supply Chains by Big Data Analysis
Kaiwen Deng
Sep 01, 2021
With the rise of cloud computing, big data and Internet of Things technology, intelligent manufacturing is leading the transformation of manufacturing mode and industrial upgrading of manufacturing industry, becoming the...
Published by: IGI Global
Soybean Price Pattern Discovery Via Toeplitz Inverse Covariance-Based Clustering
The high volatility of world soybean prices has caused uncertainty and vulnerability particularly in the developing countries. The clustering of time series is a serviceable tool for discovering soybean price patterns in...
Environmental Technologies Environmental, Agricultural, and Physical Sciences Environmental Science and Technologies
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Multi-Objective Optimization Information Fusion and Its Applications for Logistics Centers Maximum Coverage
Xiao Deng
Apr 01, 2022
From past the development direction of logistics centers covering problem, the main solution is almost always relying on modern computer and gradually developed intelligent algorithm, at the same time, the previous understanding...
Published by: IGI Global
Automatic Detection and Severity Assessment of Pepper Bacterial Spot Disease via MultiModels Based on Convolutional Neural Networks
Pepper bacterial spot disease caused by Xanthomonas campestris is the most common pepper bacterial disease, which ultimately reduces productivity and quality of products. This work uses deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs)...
Environmental Technologies Environmental, Agricultural, and Physical Sciences Environmental Science and Technologies
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A Blended Learning Approach
This study explored students’ motivation and difficulties in learning programming in a blended learning environment. The face-to-face classroom instructions were blended with digital learning instructions. The study adopted a...
Published by: IGI Global
HEVC Information-Hiding Algorithm Based on Intra-Prediction and Matrix Coding
Aiming at the problem that the data hiding algorithm of high efficiency video coding (HEVC) has great influence on the video bit rate and visual quality, an information hiding algorithm based on intra prediction mode and matrix...
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A Perception-Based Model for Mobile Commerce Adoption in Vietnamese Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
This paper investigates the critical determinants for the adoption of mobile commerce (m-commerce) in Vietnamese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from the perspective of managers. A perception-based conceptual model is...
Published by: IGI Global
Technology Entrepreneurship of Large State-Owned Firms in Emerging Economies
Firms in emerging economies face greater resource constraints and higher levels of firm informality than those in developed economies. Particularly, large state-owned firms struggle for survival when encountering intense...
Published by: IGI Global
Who Are More Active and Influential on Twitter?
Twitter is an emerging form of news media with a wide spectrum of participants involving in news dissemination. Owing to their open and interactive nature, individuals, non-media, and non-commercial participants may play a...
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Comparison and Transition of Research Focus on Application of IT in Education
The application of Information Technology (IT) in education has opened new scenarios for this ancient process. With rapidly changing field of IT, the adoption of IT in education has been changed drastically. It is quite...
Published by: IGI Global
Light-driven peristaltic pumping by an actuating splay-bend strip.
Klaudia Dradrach, Michał Zmyślony, Zixuan Deng, Arri Priimagi, John Biggins, Piotr Wasylczyk
Apr 17, 2023
Despite spectacular progress in microfluidics, small-scale liquid manipulation, with few exceptions, is still driven by external pumps and controlled by large-scale valves, increasing cost and size and limiting complexity. By...
Published by: Nature Communications
Which Kinds of Legitimacy is Important?
Although legitimacy has been identified as a vital issue for firms, existing literatures of legitimacy for firms mainly focus on one stage in their life cycle. To this end, this article applies the theory of cooperate life cycle...
Published by: IGI Global
Decomposition of Green Agricultural Productivity Gain Under a Multiple-Frontier Framework
This paper investigates structural variation of agricultural productivity growth in China using a multiple-frontier approach. Agricultural productivity gain in Sichuan province is decomposed into technological progress...
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Facilitating the Malaysian Manufacturing Sector in Readiness for Industry 4.0
The manufacturing sector of Malaysia is an essential part of its economic system. Malaysia holds a remarkable position in the global market through the exports of manufacturing products. However, this sector faces challenges...
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Differences in Distance and Spatial Effects on Cross-Border E-Commerce and International Trade
Distance and space are important factors affecting international trade, but they have different effects on cross-border e-commerce (CBE) due to the creation of the Internet. This study utilizes spatial autocorrelation, the...
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Prediction of Soybean Price Trend via a Synthesis Method With Multistage Model
Soybean is an important crop, so it is very important to forecast soybean price trend, which can stabilize the market. This paper presents a Synthesis Method with Multistage Model (SMwMM) in order to identify and forecast...
Environmental Technologies Environmental, Agricultural, and Physical Sciences Environmental Science and Technologies
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A Systems Dynamics Simulation Study of Network Public Opinion Evolution Mechanism
The factors that affect formation and dissemination of public opinion have been studied for a long time. However, the findings are disparate and fragmented, given the characteristics of netizens and new media in the Big Data...
Published by: IGI Global
A Study of Health Insurance Fraud in China and Recommendations for Fraud Detection and Prevention
Healthcare insurance fraud influences not only organizations by overburdening the already fragile healthcare systems, but also individuals in terms of increasing premiums in health insurance and even fatalities. Identifying the...
Published by: IGI Global
Review of Research on Vision-Based Parking Space Detection Method
Parking space detection is an important part of the automatic parking assistance system. How to use existing sensors to accurately and effectively detect parking spaces is the key problem that has not been solved in the...
Published by: IGI Global
Market Competition and Economic Effects of Government Policies
By utilizing systems methodology and thinking logic, this paper derives a general theorem to characterize when and how a market signals for additional competition from market players. Then, it establishes conditions for when...
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Improving Customer Value Index and Consumption Forecasts Using a Weighted RFM Model and Machine Learning Algorithms
Collecting and mining customer consumption data are crucial to assess customer value and predict customer consumption behaviors. This paper proposes a new procedure, based on an improved Random Forest Model by: adding a new...
Published by: IGI Global
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