Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a modified welding image feature extraction algorithm for rotating arc narrow gap metal active-gas welding (MAG) welding, which is significant for improving the accuracy and reliability of the welding process. Design/methodology/approach An...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how use of industry standards and community socialization contribute to the operational, strategic and environmental performances of supply chain partners. Design/methodology/approach Survey data were collected from 216 firms in China that have...

Purpose – This paper is intended to test the robustness of the fitness of nested GARCH models. Design/methodology/approach – Both Monte‐Carlo simulation data and real‐world data are used in the paper. Likelihood‐family tests are used to test in‐sample fitness, while mean‐squared...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is investigating the value of service guarantee (SG) program in Service e-Commerce (SeC) which is one resolution to promote service transactions. SeC is emerging as a booming form of e-commerce where various services are contracted, managed, sold and even...

The density and pattern of urban parks, traffic conditions are the main factors affecting urban park accessibility. To clarify the influence of traffic mode and urban road network on urban park accessibility, we examine downtown area of Nanjing, China, and based on GIS network analysis, analyze...