Kybernetes: Volume 41 Issue 7/8

Dynamic suppliers' risk management of large‐scale and complex equipment development

The paper attempts to establish a two‐dimension frame to analyze dynamic supplier risks of large‐scale and complex equipment and study the probability distribution of the…

Functional analysis model for selecting leading industry under grey information

This paper attempts to select the leading industry concerning uncertain information and grey interval numbers.

Some extended operations of grey sets

The purpose of this paper is to advance new rules about operations of grey sets based on grey numbers and greyness and investigate their capability in reducing uncertainty.

A study on government regulation mechanism of promoting enterprises in China in energy conservation

This paper attempts to study the impact of changing incentive strategies on enterprises' energy saving effort level and to construct an effective principal‐agent mechanism to…

IN‐GM(0, N) cost forecasting model of commercial aircraft based on interval grey numbers

The purpose of this paper is to construct a novel GM(0, N) model based on grey number sequences and to solve the problem of cost forecasting of commercial aircraft which puzzled…

Research on irrational bubbles in the stock market based on the perspective of generalized virtual economy

This paper attempts to provide novel approaches and tools for the analysis and measurement of stock bubbles.

Study on credibility level of trustworthy software development process based on grey nonlinear cluster

This paper attempts to put forward a convincing and flexible grey cluster method that can be used in confirming credibility level of trustworthy software development process.

Petri net model for supply‐chain quality conflict resolution of a complex product

This paper aims to develop a Petri net model for analyzing the quality conflict and its resolution of a complex product. The result aims to assist decision makers (DMs) to…

Superior relation between cardiac parameters and blood pressure

The purpose of this paper is to study the superior relationship among the parameters of age, casual blood pressure and 24‐hour ambulatory blood pressure with left atrial and…

The absolute degree of grey incidence for grey sequence base on standard grey interval number operation

This paper attempts to extend classic absolute degree of grey incidence so that the extended model can be used for grey number sequences.

Correlation analysis of bearing track using grey system theory

The paper attempts to design an efficient algorithm for bearing track correlation of multi‐sensor on the same platform using grey incidence analysis which is on the basis of the…

Study on optimizing resources configuration of value activity network of manufacturing clusters

The paper attempts to analyze the network structure of value activity in manufacturing clusters, propose the model of value creation of cluster's value activity network, and…

Modeling and simulation of stranded passengers' transferring decision‐making on the basis of herd behaviors

The purpose of this paper is to reveal the pattern of passengers' transferring on occasion of a large crowd being stranded at transportation hubs (such as a bus station, railway…

The three inevitabilities of human being: A conceptual hierarchy model approaching social complexity

This paper seeks to address the need for a comprehensive theoretical reference underlying the concerns of social complexity. The shortcomings of a very powerful yet cognitively…

The numerical simulation of improving parameter estimation by instrumental variable method

This paper aims to study the improved effect of the instrumental variable method to estimate parameters of linear regression model with the stochastic explanatory variables…

A hybrid model using analytic network process and gray relational analysis for bank's IT outsourcing vendor selection

Considering the limitation of the single stage vendor selection model, this paper proposes a two‐stage vendor selection framework for IT outsourcing in microfinance banks.

Organisations as emergent normative personalities: part 2, predicting the unpredictable

In part 1 of this paper the organisation was modelled as a socio‐cognitive agency with a normative personality, where patterns of behaviour occur through underlying trait control…

Schlauschleimer in Reichsautobahnen: Slime mould imitates motorway network in Germany

The purpose of this paper is to develop experimental laboratory biological techniques for approximation of principle transport networks, optimizing transport links, and developing…

Managing homeland security: deployment, vigilance and persistence

This paper aims to analyze provisions in the existing US laws and government directives for deployment, vigilance and persistence in managing homeland security.

Occupying financial hubs

The aim of this paper is to review developments on the internet, especially those of general cybernetic interest.

Numerical Notation: A Comparative History

Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography

Uncertain systems: models, methods and applications

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