We consider an assortment optimization problem where the customer may purchase multiple products and possibly more than one unit of each product purchased. We adopt the customer consumption model based on the Multiple-Discrete-Choice (MDC) model proposed by Huh and Li (2021). We identify...

Thermochemical energy storage is a promising approach in thermal energy storage because of its advantages in high heat storage density, low heat loss and long period stability. The hydrated salt is a commonly used material in low temperature heat storage. In this study, the preparation of MgCl2...

In this study, a triangular honeycomb reactor using zeolite 13X-H 2 O working pairs is developed to investigate the reactor thermal performance. Also, a three-dimensional transient heat and mass transfer model has been used to predict the adsorption and desorption processes occurring in the open...

Breath analysis using gas sensors is becoming one of the important supplementing ways for early diagnosis of diseases. Among them, the acetone gas sensor plays a crucial role in screening and diagnosis of diabetes by detecting acetone concentration in exhaled breath. Here, the response of SmFeO3...

Purpose This paper aims to present a kinematics analysis method and statics based control of the continuum robot with mortise and tenon joints to achieve better control performance of the robot. Design/methodology/approach The kinematics model is derived by the geometric analysis method under...

Central Asia including Kyrgyzstan is a disaster prone area, suffering from snow avalanches, landslides and flooding. Within the Tyan-Shan region, a mountainous region in Southern Kyrgyzstan, there is an increasing number of natural hazards over the last years. One of the possible causes of the...

Problem Definition: Content promotion policies are playing an increasingly important role in improving content consumption and user engagement for online content platforms. However, a frequently used promotion policy generally neglects employing the diffusion effect within a crowd of users. In...

Nonprogressive diffusion describes the dissemination of behavior on a social network, where the agents are allowed to reverse their decisions as time evolves. It has a wide variety of applications in service adoption, opinion formation, epidemiology, etc. Building upon the rich studies in...

Purpose: In forest insurance market, there are three main participants including the insurance company, the forest farmer and the government. As different participant has different benefit object, there will be a complex and dynamic game relationship among all participants. The purpose of this...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore the effects of review group’s content-related and environment-associated attributes on information adoption intention of information readers. In addition, this study further investigates the effects of these determinants in different websites...