Purpose The purpose of this paper is to design a multi-sensory anthropomorphic prosthetic hand and a grasping controller that can detect the slip and automatically adjust the grasping force to prevent the slip. Design/methodology/approach To improve the dexterity, sensing, controllability and...

Purpose – The paper seeks to develop an analytical theory of project investment. Design/methodology/approach – The authors derive a partial differential equation that the variable cost of a project should satisfy, determine a proper initial condition through a thought experiment, and solve...

Purpose – Contracting is an important issue in supply chain management. In this paper, the authors aim to discuss and compare the manufacturer's contracting options when the retailer faces a traditional newsvendor problem with a fixed retail price: a wholesale price only contract, a wholesale...

Over recent decades, China has risen to a preeminent global position in both solar photovoltaic (PV) adoption and production, a feat underpinned by a suite of pivotal policy measures. With a burgeoning demand for PV systems on the horizon, there is an urgent need to reassess past policies and...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the impacts of future climate change and the corresponding adaptation activities on grain production and its regional distribution in China. Design/methodology/approach This paper applied the Chinese Agricultural Policy Analysis model, in...

Key Features:Proposes an analytical thermodynamic theory of the life sciences and social sciencesPresents analytical theories of value, production and competition that are directly derived from thermodynamic lawsOffers a simple and unified explanation of many fundamental phenomena in our society...