Kybernetes: Volume 47 Issue 8

Impact of price adjustment speed on the stability of Bertrand–Nash equilibrium and profit of the retailers

Rofin T.M., Biswajit Mahanty

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of price adjustment speed on the stability of Bertrand–Nash equilibrium in the context of a dual-channel supply chain…

General principles of systems

Janos Korn

Three problematic issues followed by paradigm changes over the recent history of human intellectual endeavour are identified as 1. mysticism/superstition to – conventional science…

An evaluation of the design and construction of energy management platform for public buildings based on WSR system approach

Boya Ji, Yuming Liu, Zhanyong Jin

The purpose of this paper is to utilise a “Wuli-Shili-Renli (WSR)” system approach to create models for complex smart building energy management and evaluate the establishment of…

Learning attitudinal decision model through pair-wise preferences

Manish Aggarwal

This paper aims to learn a decision-maker’s (DM’s) decision model that is characterized in terms of the attitudinal character and the attributes weight vector, both of which are…

Supply chain network optimization with consideration of raw material and final product substitutions driven by price and carbon emissions

Chuanxu Wang, Yanbing Li, Zhengcai Wang

This paper aims to develop a bi-objective mixed integer non-linear programing model to optimize the supply chain networks consisting of raw material providers, final product…

Student information system satisfaction in higher education: the role of visual aesthetics

Patricio Esteban Ramírez-Correa, Francisco Javier Rondán-Cataluña, Jorge Arenas-Gaitán

The purpose of this study is to explore the role of visual aesthetics as a key in generating satisfaction in student information system (SIS) users and to discover relationships…

An approach to task recommendation in crowdsourcing based on 2-tuple fuzzy linguistic method

Xuefeng Zhang, Jiafu Su

Task recommendation is an important way for workers and requesters to get better outcomes in shorter time in crowdsourcing. This paper aims to propose an approach based on 2-tuple…

Cooperation and coopetition among humanitarian organizations: A game theory approach

Somaye Fathalikhani, Ashkan Hafezalkotob, Roya Soltani

In the past two decades, the growth in the number and severity of disasters causes a rapid increase in the presence of NGOs for more effective response and efficient management of…

Evaluation of ecotourism sites: a GIS-based multi-criteria decision analysis

Cihan Çetinkaya, Mehmet Kabak, Mehmet Erbaş, Eren Özceylan

The aim of this study is to evaluate the potential geographic locations for ecotourism activities and to select the best one among alternatives.