Sugarcane breeders in Australia combine data across four selection programs to obtain estimates of breeding value for parents. When these data are combined with full pedigree information back to founding parents, computing limitations mean it is not possible to obtain information on all parents....

Household consumption needs are the principal element in determining human activities and their evolution has been closely related to the level and structure of production of goods and services. In periods of radical changes, as those that our country is currently experiencing, unfulfilled...

In a market, such as that for package tours, in which products are weakly differentiated and information is fuzzy, consumers may adopt search behaviour such that effectively, they play mixed strategies in the selection of the product that they choose to purchase. Tour operators' best response to...