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The purpose of this paper is to present research methods in processing uncertain information.
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The purpose of this paper is to present research methods in processing uncertain information.
Design/methodology/approach
Vague set and rough set are both‐wings‐mode for expressing uncertainty systems, and based on the both‐wings‐mode of expressing uncertainty systems, the connections of vague set and rough set are discussed.
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This paper presents the relationships between vague set and rough set.
Research limitations/implications
Based on these connections between vague set and rough set, theoretical and means of vague set can be used for rough set; also theoretical and means of rough set can be used for vague set.
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The paper contributes to the discussion on the research of vague set and rough set. The conclusions are useful in information processing.
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THE invitations which some 4,000 scientists and technologists accept every year to visit the National Physical Laboratory during the two Open Days in May are equally available to…
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THE invitations which some 4,000 scientists and technologists accept every year to visit the National Physical Laboratory during the two Open Days in May are equally available to such accredited representatives of industrial concerns as care to apply for them.
This paper provides a quantitative review of the literature on the repercussions of idiosyncratic information on firms’ cost of equity (CoE) capital. In total, I review the…
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This paper provides a quantitative review of the literature on the repercussions of idiosyncratic information on firms’ cost of equity (CoE) capital. In total, I review the results of 113 unique studies examining the CoE effects of information Quantity, Precision and Asymmetry. My results suggest that the association between firm-specific information and CoE is subject to moderate effects. First, the link between Quantity and CoE is moderated by disclosure types and country-level factors in that firms in comparatively weakly regulated countries tend to enjoy up to four times greater CoE benefits from more expansive disclosure—depending on the type of disclosure—than firms in strongly regulated markets. Second, a negative relationship between Precision and CoE is only significant in studies using non-accrual quality proxies for Precision and risk factor-based (RFB)/valuation model-based (VMB) proxies for CoE. Third, almost all VMB studies confirm the positive association between Asymmetry and CoE, but there is notable variation in the conclusions reached when ex post CoE measurers are used.
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This chapter provides a theory model of trade finance to explain the “great trade collapse.” The model shows that, first, the riskiness of international transactions rises…
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This chapter provides a theory model of trade finance to explain the “great trade collapse.” The model shows that, first, the riskiness of international transactions rises relative to domestic transactions during economic downturns; and second, the exclusive use of a letter of credit in international transactions exacerbates a collapse in trade during a financial crisis. The basic model considers banks’ optimal screening decisions in the presence of counterparty default risks. In equilibrium, banks will maintain a higher precision screening test for domestic firms and a lower precision screening test for foreign firms, which constitutes the main mechanism of the model.
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Junliang Du, Sifeng Liu and Yong Liu
The purpose of this paper is to advance a novel grey variable dual precision rough set model for grey concept.
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to advance a novel grey variable dual precision rough set model for grey concept.
Design/methodology/approach
To obtain the approximation of a grey object, the authors first define the concepts of grey rough membership degree and grey degree of approximation on the basic thinking logic of variable precision rough set. Based on grey rough membership degree and grey degree of approximation, the authors proposed a grey variable dual precision rough set model. It uses a clear knowledge concept to approximate a grey concept, and the output result is also a clear concept.
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The result demonstrates that the proposed model may be closer to the actual decision-making situation, can effectively improve the rationality and scientificity of the approximation and reduce the risk of decision-making. It can effectively achieve the whitenization of grey objects. The model can be degenerated to traditional variable precision rough fuzzy set model, variable precision rough set model and classic Pawlak rough set, when some specific conditions are met.
Practical implications
The method exposed in the paper can be used to solve multi-criteria decision problems with grey decision objects and provide a decision rule. It can also help us better realize knowledge discovery and attribute reduction. It can effectively achieve the whitenization of grey object.
Originality/value
This method proposed in this paper implements a rough approximation of grey decision object and obtains low-risk probabilistic decision rule. It can effectively achieve a certain degree of whitenization of some grey objects.
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Wenjing Zhu, Dexin Zhang, Jihe Wang and Xiaowei Shao
The purpose of this paper is to present a novel high-precision relative navigation method for tight formation-keeping based on thrust on-line identification.
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The purpose of this paper is to present a novel high-precision relative navigation method for tight formation-keeping based on thrust on-line identification.
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Considering that thrust acceleration cannot be measured directly, an on-line identification method of thrust acceleration is explored via the estimated acceleration of major space perturbation and the inter-satellite relative states obtained from space-borne acceleration sensors; then, an effective identification model is designed to reconstruct thrust acceleration. Based on the identified thrust acceleration, relative orbit dynamics for tight formation-keeping is established. Further, using global positioning system (GPS) measurement information, a modified extended Kalman filter (EKF) is suggested to obtain the inter-satellite relative position and relative velocity.
Findings
Compared with the normal EKF and the adaptive robust EKF, the proposed modified EKF has better estimation accuracy in radial and along-track directions because of accurate compensation of thrust acceleration. Meanwhile, high-precision relative navigation results depend on high-precision acceleration sensors. Finally, simulation studies on a chief-deputy formation flying control system are performed to verify the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed relative navigation algorithm.
Social implications
This paper provides a reference in solving the problem of high-precision relative navigation in tight formation-keeping application.
Originality/value
This paper proposes a novel on-line identification method for thrust acceleration and shows that thrust identification-based modified EKF is more efficient in relative navigation for tight formation-keeping.
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Valery J. Frants, Jacob Shapiro and Vladimir G. Voiskunskii