response by changing the slope of the demand schedule can thrust the model into instability, chaos, and extinction, without … via slope preserving increases in market demand can push the model into instability, chaos, and even extinction. Finally …, we show that similar adjustments in market demand may be capable of eliminating instability and chaos rooted in powerful …

expensive. The polynomial chaos approach has been shown to be more efficient than Monte Carlo for quantifying the effects of … polynomial chaos theory for parameter estimation: a Bayesian approach, and an approach using an extended Kalman filter (EKF) to … obtain the polynomial chaos representation of the uncertain states and the uncertain parameters. The two methods are applied …

significantly reduce uncertainty through traditional approaches may in part be explained by chaos theory. This paper defines … deterministic chaos and demonstrates that supply chains can display some of the key characteristics of chaotic systems, namely …: chaos exhibits sensitivity to initial conditions; it has Islands of Stability; generates patterns; invalidates the …

This paper investigates how fashion circulates globally and is adapted and localised by consumers. The rise of fashion … blogs, social networking, on-line retail and on-line streaming of fashion shows has exponentially increased the availability … of fashion images globally, enabling a further multiplication of styles and looks. The geographical dispersion of …

This exhibition engages with one of the key issues facing the fashion textiles industry in terms of future … sustainability: that of the well being of fashion industry workers in Australia and New Zealand (people). This collection formed the … involved in making fashion garments. Although the focus of this research appears to centre on people and profit, this kind of …

traced through China’s film, music and fashion industries. The book argues that social network markets, consumer …

simply explore and invent. An examination of the work of iconic fashion designers, through case study and situational … methods, production and consumption. In relation to contemporary fashion, where many garments look the same in style, colour … driver of innovation in fashion design. A key aspect of seeking knowledge, as a mechanism to cope with this uncertainty, is a …

This paper revisits the welfare economics of fashion from the standpoint of evolutionary economics. Whilst accepting … that fashion-focused consumption may have an element of status-seeking behaviour about it, which may be of questionable … value in welfare terms, the paper emphasizes that fashion cycles can help enhance well-being via trickle-down effects as …