We examine the multigenerational impacts of a nationwide social pension program in China, the New Rural Pension Scheme (NRPS). NRPS was rolled out in full scale since 2012, and rural enrollees over age 60 are eligible to receive a minimum of 70 CNY non-contributory monthly pension. We leverage...

Part 1: Generic Tools -- Chapter 1: The Stochastic Multi-armed Bandit Problem -- Chapter 2: Reinforcement Learning -- Chapter 3: Optimal Learning and Optimal Design -- Part 2: Price Optimization -- Chapter 4: Dynamic Pricing with Demand Learning: Emerging Topics and State of the Art -- Chapter...

This paper studies the collective dynamic behaviors of a general adjacent coupled chain under a periodic driving force and dichotomous noise in both unconfined and confined spaces. The precise conditions for the stability, synchronization, and stochastic resonance (SR) of the system in an...

The incorporation of different types of crop straw may lead to distinct forms and chemical structures of soil organic matter (SOM), which are closely associated with soil microorganisms in agricultural ecosystems. However, the relationship between the SOM physical-chemical compositions and soil...