Kybernetes: Volume 45 Issue 3
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The international journal of cybernetics, systems and management sciencesTable of contents
A self-organising network model of decision making by the honey bee swarm
Richard Anthony FossThe purpose of this paper is to carry out a detailed investigation of the mechanisms operating during decision making by the honey bee swarm, which is now considered to be one of…
The four modes of coexistence in psychology and group dynamics
Helmut Nechansky– The purpose of this paper is to show how behavioral descriptions in psychology and group dynamics can be related to four goal-setting processes and to four mode of existence.
Closed-loop supply chain network equilibrium model and its Newton method
Hongru Xu, Erbao CaoThe purpose of this paper is to develop a closed-loop supply chain (CLSC) network equilibrium model which consists of manufactures, retailers and consumer markets engaged in a…
System dynamics to turnaround an Indian microfinance institution
Ritika Singh, Chandan BharThe purpose of this paper is to present a policy comparison tool for Indian Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) so that they can choose the best policy for implementation. It…
A collaborative filtering similarity measure based on potential field
Yajun Leng, Qing Lu, Changyong LiangCollaborative recommender systems play a crucial role in providing personalized services to online consumers. Most online shopping sites and many other applications now use the…
Professional trilemma of students with family business experience
Jaka Vadnjal, Predrag LjubotinaFamily businesses represent the largest share of small-sized firms in majority of economies around the world. Having in mind the global economic situation this trend is expected…
An approach to evaluation of emergency plans for unconventional emergency events based on soft fuzzy rough set
Sun Bingzhen, Ma WeiminThe purpose of this paper is to present a new method for evaluation of emergency plans for unconventional emergency events by using the soft fuzzy rough set theory and…
Comparison of ANFIS and FAHP-FGP methods for supplier selection
Moloud sadat Asgari, Abbas Abbasi, Moslem AlimohamadlouIn the contemporary global market, supplier selection represents a crucial process for enhancing firms’ competitiveness. This is a multi-criteria decision-making problem that…
A conceptual model for automation of product dynamic pricing and sales promotion for a retail organization
Anup KumarThe purpose of this paper is to capture the dynamic variations in sales of a product based upon the dynamic estimation of the time series data and propose a model that imitates…
Human being – organization homomorphism: between autopoiesis and allopoiesis
Mario Iván TarrideThe purpose of this paper is to discuss the condition of human beings and organizations producing goods and/or services as autopoietic and allopoietic machines, with the aim of…
Development of a self-design system for greeting cards on the basis of interactive evolutionary computation
Hsiao-Fang Yang, Heng-Li YangUser-centered product designs have been attracting increasing attention, particularly in digital design. In interacting with the design support system, designers may face problems…
Fuzzy C-means based data envelopment analysis for mitigating the impact of units’ heterogeneity
Seyed Hossein Razavi Hajiagha, Shide Sadat Hashemi, Hannan Amoozad MahdirajiData envelopment analysis (DEA) is a non-parametric model that is developed for evaluating the relative efficiency of a set of homogeneous decision-making units that each unit…
