Purpose - Global supply chains experienced unprecedented changes in 2020 and the relationship between domestic and global markets needed adjustments considering the long-term impacts of the changes that are unfolding around these markets. China has become the first country to announce a formal...

To combat energy shortage, RIES has become an important research direction in the international energy field. In order to improve energy efficiency and the large-scale consumption of renewable energy, this paper presents the key technologies of RIES, which consists of the coupling relationship,...

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to propose a framework for data analytics where everything is grey in nature and the associated uncertainty is considered as an essential part in data collection, profiling, imputation, analysis and decision making. Design/methodology/approach - A...

Contribution rate evaluation plays a key role in new weapon or equipment development project demonstration, since the priority of potentially developed weapon depends on the contribution of weapons and equipment to the effectiveness of the Combat System of Systems (CSoS). However, previous...

To combat energy shortage, RIES has become an important research direction in the international energy field. In order to improve energy efficiency and the large-scale consumption of renewable energy, this paper presents the key technologies of RIES, which consists of the coupling relationship,...

Pulse electrocoagulation (PEC) was used to evaluate the treatment of synthetic solutions containing antimony (Sb). The effects of electrode materials, distance between electrodes, duty ratio, current frequency, and initial pH on the removal efficiency were investigated. The Sb removal reached...

Vehicle formation control is one of important research topics in transportation. Control of uncertain nonlinear systems is one of fundamental problems in vehicle control. In this dissertation, we consider this fundamental control problem. Specially, we considered selforganizing based tracking...

Primary healthcare institutions (PHIs) in China have experienced a sizable decline in medical services in recent years. Despite the large regional disparities in China, there is a lack of evidence on the differential patterns of medical services offered by PHIs, especially from a spatial...