In this paper, by taking into account effects of the user and object correlations on a heat conduction (HC) algorithm, a weighted heat conduction (WHC) algorithm is presented. We argue that the edge weight of the user–object bipartite network should be embedded into the HC algorithm to measure...

Competing firms are affected by financial reporting mainly through revealing relevant information. As suggested by recent literature (Bagnoli, et al. 2010), the biased disclosure has impact on the firms' competitive position in a product market setting. So when such information is distorted by...

The objectives of this paper are twofold. First, we aim to clarify the mechanism by which use of farm machinery in Chinese agriculture has grown rapidly over the past decades, using a separate Cobb–Douglas (SCD) production function. Second, we determine under what condition will China's grain...