Kybernetes: Volume 50 Issue 1

An intelligent pre-estimation method of design time for complex products based on v-SVM

Yujie Zheng, Meiyan Li

Improving the prediction accuracy of design time for complex products is significant for improving the accuracy of product development and control plans. The purpose of this study…

Task scheduling mechanisms in fog computing: review, trends, and perspectives

Xin Yang, Nazanin Rahmani

In the past, with the development of the internet of things (IoT), this paper aims to consider fog computing (FC) as an efficient accompaniment to the cloud to control the IoT’s…

Coordination design of the coal-electricity supply chain contract for difference based on prospect theory

Weiwei Li, Jin-Lou Zhao, Linxiao Dong, Chong Wu

Long-term contract is an important developing direction of China's coal industry coordination. This paper aims to discuss how to use contract for difference (CFD) to avoid risk…

Modeling and solving a five-echelon location–inventory–routing problem for red meat supply chain: Case study in Iran

Misagh Rahbari, Seyed Hossein Razavi Hajiagha, Mahdi Raeei Dehaghi, Mahmoud Moallem, Farshid Riahi Dorcheh

In this paper, multi-period location–inventory–routing problem (LIRP) considering different vehicles with various capacities has been investigated for the supply chain of red…

A model to investigate the effect of information technology and information systems on the ease of managers’ decision-making

Tian Ming, Wang Teng, Susan Jodaki

Decision-making and problem-solving are ongoing progressions of evaluating situations or problems, considering substitutes, making choices and following them up with the necessary…

Introducing a multi-criteria evaluation method using Pythagorean fuzzy sets: A case study focusing on resilient construction project selection

Vahid Mohagheghi, Seyed Meysam Mousavi, Mohammad Mojtahedi, Sidney Newton

Project selection is a critical decision for any organization seeking to commission a large-scale construction project. Project selection is a complex multi-criteria…

The sharing economy in a digital society: youth consumer behavior in Italy

Patrizia Gazzola, Daniele Grechi, Fragkoulis Papagiannis, Chiara Marrapodi

This paper aims to explore the sharing economy in Italy, focusing on key socioeconomic characteristics.

Time-sensitive markdown strategies for perishable products based on dynamic quality evaluation

Jiang-Tao Wang, Shufen Zhang, Chia-Huei Wu, Jian-Jun Yu, Chang-Bin Chen, Sang-Bing Tsai

This study aims to provide a time- and price-sensitive market strategy for merchants to handle the markdown price strategy. The market demand for perishable products is usually…