Kybernetes: Volume 44 Issue 3

Measuring efficiencies of parallel systems with shared inputs/outputs using data envelopment analysis

Yiwen Bian, Miao Hu, Hao Xu

The purpose of this paper is to measure the efficiencies of parallel subsystems with shared inputs/outputs. Each subsystem has not only a set of common inputs and outputs, but…

A self organising network model of information gathering by the honey bee swarm

Richard Foss

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how a viable system, the honey bee swarm, gathers meaningful information about potential new nest sites in its problematic environment…

Integrity: a systemic philosophico-economic abstraction

Masudul Choudhury

A brief critical review of the existing literature on the topic of integrity opens up the scope for a detailed approach to the meaning of social integrity, or integrity in its…

A parallel algorithm for optimizing the capital structure contingent on maximum value at risk

Ralf Östermark

– The purpose of this paper is to measure the financial risk and optimal capital structure of a corporation.

Linking operations strategy, environmental dynamism and firm performance: Evidence from Turkish manufacturing companies

Arzu Karaman Akgul, Sitki Gozlu, Ekrem Tatoglu

The purpose of this paper is to examine empirically the causal links among operations strategy (OS), environmental dynamism (ED) and firm performance (FP) within the context of a…

Preparation and scheduling system of emergency supplies in disasters

Liu Jia, Xie Kefan

After the occurrence of a disaster, emergency supplies should arrive at disaster area in the shortest possible time. Therefore, it is of pivotal importance to speed up the…

The economic design of variable acceptance sampling plan with rectifying inspection

Ching-Ho Yen, Heng Ma, Chi-Huang Yeh, Chia-Hao Chang

– The purpose of this paper is to develop an economic model, which could determine the acceptance sampling plan that minimizes the quality cost for batch manufacturing.

Philosophy of gustatory perception strategy for hand gesture recognition

Nermeen El Kashef, Yasser Fouad Hassan, Khaled Mahar , Mustafa H. Fahmy

Nature is the single and most complex system that has been always studied, and no one can compete Mother Nature, but we can learn from her, by many new methodologies through…

An approach to task-oriented knowledge recommendation based on multi-granularity fuzzy linguistic method

Ming Li, Mengyue Yuan, Yingcheng Xu

In organizations, knowledge intensive activities are mainly task oriented. Finding relevant completed tasks to the new task and providing task-related knowledge to workers…

Optimal vaccination policy and cost analysis for epidemic control in resource-limited settings

Kuan Yang, Ermei Wang, Yinggao Zhou, Kai Zhou

The purpose of this paper is to use analytical method and optimization tools to suggest time-optimal vaccination program for a basic SIR epidemic model with mass action contact…

Editorial

Magnus Ramage, David Chapman, Chris Bissell