This paper presents a combined use of both RFID technology and product cross-selling system to perform cross- and up-selling for retail industry. In this study, two systems, namely the Smart Dressing System (SDS) enabled by RFID technologies, and Intelligent Product Cross-selling System (IPCS),...

In apparel manufacturing, cut order planning (COP) plays a significant role in managing the cost of materials as fabric usually occupies more than 50% of the total manufacturing cost. Following the details of retail orders in terms of quantity, size and colour, COP seeks to minimize the total...

This paper presents a novel and data-independent method to construct a type of partially connected feedforward neural network (FNN). The proposed networks, called Apollonian network-based partially connected FNNs (APFNNs), are constructed in terms of the structures of two-dimensional...