Network model recently becomes a popular tool for studying complex systems. Detecting meaningful communities in complex networks, as an important task in network modeling and analysis, has attracted great interests in various research areas. This paper proposes a genetic algorithm with a special...

In the context of the complexity of the global labour market for seafarers, crew study of seafarers (CSS) provides a means to access, analyse and compare information on active seafarers world-wide. This paper outlines the methodological parameters of CSS. It is argued that CSS provides a...

Sustainable development requires the balancing of economic growth with environmental protection. Since the late 1970s, China's government has been exploring a new path to improve its economic efficiency and decrease resource consumption and environmental pollution. Remarkable progress has been...