This article introduces Time-Constrained Heuristic Search (TCS) as a route search technique that incorporates a cognitive aspect in self-driving vehicles. TCS is a search method using which we can set the time limit to generate a route in advance. The most important feature of TCS is that the...

Behavioral studies show that people are subject to biases in general. Studies in the behavioral finance literature mostly focus on finance professionals and top level managers, and report similar results. This study focuses on professionals outside of the finance industry and who are of lower...

The main aim of this paper is to empirically evaluate the role of three significant factors of the Prospect Theory: the S-shaped value function, the loss aversion, and the distortion of probability, in decision making. In order to do this, a general behavioral reward-risk model is firstly setup...

The authors proposed to design and implement a prototype research electronic automated teller machine service using Windows Communication Foundation to study the performance and scalability of implementing Web Service Security policy. The software chosen for building the service are C#...

The web services have emerged as a web based matured and popular technology paradigm. Due to increasing popularity, the reliability assurance and prediction have acquired more attentions to the developers, researchers and service providers. In this paper, the authors propose to design, develop...

This study focuses on consumers' behaviour towards Fruits and Vegetables (FVs) under economic crisis. The implementation of both factor analysis and logistic regression reveals discrete consumer groups, affected and not affected by the ongoing economic crisis. Interviewees were selected...

Businesses are shifting their marketing strategies towards social media for promoting their products and services. Online video advertisements are one of the fastest-growing platforms of social media advertising. This article provides detailed models to marketers providing knowledge of different...

This paper reviews literature on alternative convenience food choices and analyses the findings from consumer behaviour and manufacturing/retailing perspective. As consumers' demand for easy prepared and healthier food products has gradually increased, so has the related research activity. This...