The Malmquist index, based on data envelopment analysis (DEA) models, is the prominent index for measuring the relative productivity change of decision-making units (DMUs) in multiple time periods. This study presents new insight into the Malmquist index for measuring the productivity change of...

Association rule mining is applied to large databases to identify product associations. In the resulting large number of rules, interestingness is difficult to determine. Researchers have defined various measures of 'interestingness' such as support, confidence, lift and gain. Support is the...

The multidimensional data model can be effectively utilised for analysing huge and detailed meteorological datasets forecasted by numerical weather prediction (NWP) model. The model cannot predict any weather event directly. The output products of model are interpreted by man-machine mix to...

The ongoing financial and economic crisis throughout the industrialised world has spotlighted a number of significant deficiencies in corporate governance and management. The strength and composition of the management team along with effective corporate governance policy should play an important...

In this research, a computer assisted framework was developed to help researchers in conducting qualitative research. This framework leveraged the GATE platform, along with natural language processing and knowledge extraction techniques, to develop an automatic text annotation and summarisation...

Supply chain demand forecast and inventory purchase planning are essential business operations to many businesses. In this paper, we discuss the strategies and techniques in the supply chain demand forecast and inventory purchase planning for small businesses from practitioner's perspective. The...

As the crucial mainstay for insurance industry to survive and develop, the insurance investment enables insurance companies to offset their possible underwriting losses and make a considerable profit. There have been many issues that affect the investment of Nigeria insurance companies. These...