Kybernetes: Volume 44 Issue 4

Price forecast valuation for the NYISO electricity market

Pawel Kalczynski, Dawit Zerom

Following the deregulation of electricity markets in the USA, independent power producers operate as for-profit entities. Their profit depends on the price of electricity and an…

Analysis on evolving model with modular growth of urban roadway network topology structure

Zhiyun Zou, Peng Liu, Saisai Zhou, Yao Xiao, Xuecai Xu, Jianzhi Gao

The purpose of this paper is to explore the evolving mechanism of urban roadway network. With the consideration of self-organization effect and planning effect during evolution…

Dynamic credit scoring using B & B with incremental-SVM-ensemble

Jie Sun, Hui Li, Pei-Chann Chang, Qing-Hua Huang

Previous researches on credit scoring mainly focussed on static modeling on panel sample data set in a certain period of time, and did not pay enough attention on dynamic…

A managerial application of system dynamics modeling to outsourcing

Hammed Ojugbele, Shamim Bodhanya

The purpose of this paper is to use modeling and simulation to investigate the puzzling performance problems that plagued the project outsourcing in term of poor quality and…

A hybrid decision-support model for self-managed career

Didem Yildiz, Ahmet Beskese, Faik Tunc Bozbura

– The purpose of this paper is to develop a self-managed career model, in which protean and boundaryless careers were used.

Parameter optimization of intermittent demand forecasting by using spreadsheet

Gamze Ogcu Kaya, Omer Fahrettin Demirel

Accurate forecasting of intermittent demand is very important since parts with intermittent demand characteristics are very common. The purpose of this paper is to bring an easier…

Conceptual generalisation: Methodological reflections in social science a systemic viewpoint

Daniel J. Adriaenssen, Jon-Arild Johannessen

– The purpose of this paper is to make a small contribution to reflections on general methodology, not specific methods, in social science.

A systematic review of approaches to assessing cybersecurity awareness

Noor Hayani Abd Rahim, Suraya Hamid, Miss Laiha Mat Kiah, Shahaboddin Shamshirband, Steven Furnell

The purpose of this paper is to survey, explore and inform researchers about the previous methodologies applied, target audience and coverage of previous assessment of…

A fuzzy MCDM algorithm and practical decision aid tool to determine the best ROV design alternative

Birol Ülker

Proposing a fuzzy multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) algorithm that is able to incorporate the heterogeneousness effect of DM group into the decision process, in order to…

Adaptive combination forecasting model for China’s logistics freight volume based on an improved PSO-BP neural network

Zhou Cheng, Tao Juncheng

To accurately forecast logistics freight volume plays a vital part in rational planning formulation for a country. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to developing a novel…