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Volume 38 Issue 3

Published: 2009 | Start Page: 297


Special Issue: Modelling and analysis of uncertain systems – Part II
Guest Editor(s): Mian-yun Chen, Yi Lin and Hejing Xiong
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1793571 Some results about grey mathematics
Qiao-Xing Li, Si-Feng Liu (pp. 297-305)
Keywords: Cybernetics, Mathematics, Systems theory, Uncertainty management
ArticleType: Research paper
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1793572 The grey input-occupancy-output analysis
Qiao-Xing Li, Si-Feng Liu (pp. 306-313)
Keywords: Consumption, Cybernetics, Input-output analysis, Systems theory, Uncertainty managenent
ArticleType: Research paper
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1793573 An ANN pruning algorithm based approach to vendor selection
Qian Li (pp. 314-320)
Keywords: Cybernetics, Neural nets, Systems analysis, Vendor relations
ArticleType: Technical paper
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1793574 Research of order relation based on pansystems measures
Xiaoxia Li, He Lin, Yongli Li (pp. 321-328)
Keywords: Cybernetics, Systems analysis
ArticleType: Viewpoint
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1793575 Improved grey-Markov chain algorithm for forecasting
Li Zhijun, Wang Weiwei, Chen Mian-yun (pp. 329-338)
Keywords: Cybernetics, Economic forecasting, Energy consumption, Programming and algorithm theory, Systems analysis
ArticleType: Research paper
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1793576 Modelling of traction battery performance appraisal based on fuzzy comprehensive and AHP
Lin Cheng, Meng Xiang-feng (pp. 339-345)
Keywords: Analytic hierarchy process, Cybernetics, Electric cells, Fuzzy logic, Systems analysis
ArticleType: Technical paper
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1793577 Application of Wuli-Shili-Renli system methodology in knowledge management
Xiangyi Lin, Qingpu Zhang, Xiaolin Han (pp. 346-353)
Keywords: Cybernetics, Knowledge management, Systems analysis
ArticleType: Research paper
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1793578 Combined models for day-ahead electricity price forecasting based on improved gray correlation methodology
Liu Da, Niu Dongxiao, Li Yuanyuan, Chen Guanjuan (pp. 354-361)
Keywords: Cybernetics, Electricity
ArticleType: Technical paper
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1793579 A computational method of system reliability of a successful product based on a simulated test
Dongqing Liu, Bo Zheng, Pengcheng Yan (pp. 362-368)
Keywords: Cybernetics, Simulation, Systems analysis
ArticleType: Technical paper
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1793580 An interactive algorithm for deciding multi-criteria weights in incomplete information environment
Liu Guo-shan, He Yu-hong (pp. 369-380)
Keywords: Cybernetics, Programming and algorithm theory, Systems analysis
ArticleType: Technical paper
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1793581 Prediction of the concentration and diameter distribution of indoor suspended particulate matter
Hongli Liu, Changxi Li, Li Li (pp. 381-387)
Keywords: Air, Air pollution, Cybernetics, Systems analysis
ArticleType: Research paper
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1793582 A study on the randomness of economics' system risk
Liu Wei, Zhou Yuemei (pp. 388-395)
Keywords: Cybernetics, Random variables, Risk analysis, Systems management
ArticleType: Technical paper
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1793583 Passivity and passification analysis of uncertain discrete-time fuzzy systems
Xingwen Liu (pp. 396-405)
Keywords: Cybernetics, Discrete control systems, Systems and control theory, Uncertainty management
ArticleType: Research paper
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1793584 Mouse colony optimization and simulated annealing algorithm for energy balance routing in wireless sensor networks
Xu-Xun Liu, Yang Cao, Xiao-Wei Chen (pp. 406-416)
Keywords: Cybernetics, Energy, Intelligent networks, Sensors, Systems analysis
ArticleType: Technical paper
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1793585 China's population projections based on GM(1,1) metabolic model
Lu Caimei, Hao Yonghong, Wang Xuemeng (pp. 417-425)
Keywords: China, Cybernetics, Modelling, Population, Systems theory
ArticleType: Research paper
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1793586 The relationship between the uniform approximation rates and the shapes of fuzzy sets in fuzzy systems
Qiang Luo, Dongyun Yi, Wenqiang Yang (pp. 426-434)
Keywords: Approximation theory, Cybernetics, Fuzzy control, Systems theory
ArticleType: Research paper
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1793587 Grey dynamic model GM(1,N) for the relationship of cost and variability
Luo Youxin, Wu Xiao, Li Min, Cai Anhui (pp. 435-440)
Keywords: Costs, Cybernetics, Manufacturing systems, Modelling, Systems theory
ArticleType: Research paper
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1793588 The optimization of road building schedule based on budget restriction
Kerui Weng, Bo Qu (pp. 441-447)
Keywords: Budgetary control, Construction works, Cybernetics, Modelling, Roads
ArticleType: Research paper
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1793589 Sliding mode control for uncertain neutral system with time-delays
Qu Shao-cheng, Gong mei-jing, Wang yong-ji (pp. 448-456)
Keywords: Control systems, Cybernetics, Systems theory
ArticleType: Technical paper
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1793590 Extension theory and its application in evaluation of independent innovation capability
Wei Shan, Qingpu Zhang (pp. 457-467)
Keywords: Cybernetics, Organizational innovation, Strategic evaluation
ArticleType: Research paper
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1793591 Study on track prediction of air target based on grey system model
Mao-xing Shen, Yao Xie, Xi-feng Xue, Xin-hua Tian (pp. 468-473)
Keywords: Control systems, Cybernetics, Modelling, Systems theory, Tracking
ArticleType: Research paper
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1793592 New sufficient criteria for Schur D-stability of interval matrices
Gui-Ju Shi, Jin-Fang Han, Jun-Ling Gao, Qing-Yin Wang (pp. 474-480)
Keywords: Cybernetics, Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions, Systems theory
ArticleType: Research paper
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1793593 Incentive mechanism design problem based on gradient dynamics
Shi Kuiran, Xiao Tiaojun, Sheng Zhaohan (pp. 481-488)
Keywords: Cybernetics, Gradient methods, Modelling, Systems theory
ArticleType: Research paper
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1793594 Short-term forecast of the gas dissolved in power transformer using the hybrid grey model
Bin Song, Peng Zheng-hong (pp. 489-496)
Keywords: Cybernetics, Gas technology, Systems theory, Transformers
ArticleType: Research paper
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1793595 Study on electric policy modeling based on CGE
Xiandong Tan, Zhaoguang Hu, Baoguo Shan, Meng Li (pp. 497-505)
Keywords: China, Cybernetics, Economic policy, Electricity, Social accounting
ArticleType: Technical paper
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1793596 Free object in the category of L-fuzzy left R-modules determined by L-fuzzy set
Jian-Gang Tang, Mao-Kang Luo, Miao Liu (pp. 506-512)
Keywords: Cybernetics, Fuzzy logic, Systems theory
ArticleType: Research paper
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1793597 A fuzzy evaluation system for web services selection using extended QoS model
Hongxia Tong, Jian Cao, ShenSheng Zhang, Yujie Mou (pp. 513-521)
Keywords: Cybernetics, Fuzzy logic, Systems theory, Worldwide web
ArticleType: Research paper
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1793598 Optimal portfolio model under compound jump processes
Shuping Wan (pp. 522-532)
Keywords: Cybernetics, Finance, Modelling, Portfolio investment
ArticleType: Research paper
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1793599 Web-based system for industry using information and communication technologies
Guihe Wang, Ligang Qu, Limin Fan, Tianbiao Yu, Wanshan Wang (pp. 533-541)
Keywords: Communication management, Cybernetics, Systems management, Worldwide web
ArticleType: Technical paper
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1793600 Three-dimensional sequential uniform design
Guizhi Wang, Jing Zhao, Jibo Chen (pp. 542-548)
Keywords: Cybernetics, Experimental design, Optimum design, Polynomials
ArticleType: Research paper
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1793601 Emerging technologies: software-intensive systems and other current developments
B.H. Rudall, C.J.H. Mann (pp. 549-555)
Keywords: Computer software, Computers, Cybernetics
ArticleType: Technical paper
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1793602 Machine consciousness, ambisonics
Alex M. Andrew (pp. 556-558)
Keywords: Consciousness, Evolution, Robotics, Spectroscopy
ArticleType: General review
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1793603 Systemic knowledge processes, innovation and sustainable competitive advantages
Jon-Arild Johannessen, Bjørn Olsen (pp. 559-580)
Keywords: Competitive advantage, Complexity theory, Cybernetics, Innovation, Knowledge management, Tacit knowledge
ArticleType: Research paper
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1793604 Toward a holistical perception of the content of business ethics
Vojko Potocan, Matjaz Mulej (pp. 581-595)
Keywords: Business ethics, Ethics, Qualitative research
ArticleType: Research paper
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1793605 Model information transmission system
Y. Villacampa, P. Sastre-Vázquez, F. García-Alonso, J.A. Reyes (pp. 596-605)
Keywords: Communication technologies, Cybernetics, Information systems, Modelling
ArticleType: Conceptual paper
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1793606 The decomposition method applied to systems of linear Volterra integral equations of the first kind
Ngarkodje Ngarasta, Koina Rodoumta, Henri Sosso (pp. 606-614)
Keywords: Cybernetics, Integral equations, Mathematics
ArticleType: Research paper
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1793607 A modification for solving Fredholm-Hammerstein integral equation by using wavelet basis
Mohsen Rabbani, Khosrow Maleknejad (pp. 615-620)
Keywords: Cybernetics, Integral equations
ArticleType: Research paper
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1793608 Interval neutrosophic sets and topology
Francisco Gallego Lupiáñez (pp. 621-624)
Keywords: Cybernetics, Fuzzy logic, Set theory, Topology
ArticleType: Research paper
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1793609 A conceptual analysis and design of a management system for “Ifa” (an African traditional oracle)
Olusegun Folorunso, Adio T. Akinwale (pp. 625-634)
Keywords: Africa, Cybernetics, Knowledge management systems, Nigeria, Religion
ArticleType: Conceptual paper
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1793793 Some theoretical results of learning theory based on random sets in set-valued probability space
Minghu Ha, Witold Pedrycz, Jiqiang Chen, Lifang Zheng (pp. 635-657)
Keywords: Cybernetics, Learning, Risk minimization, Set theory
ArticleType: Research paper
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Book Review

ICT Futures – Delivering Pervasive, Real-time and Secure Services
Item No: Item Information
1793568 ICT Futures – Delivering Pervasive, Real-time and Secure Services
Vol : 38 Issue: 3
Special Issue: Modelling and analysis of uncertain systems – Part II
Author(s): W.R. Howard
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Biological Modeling and Simulation: A Survey of Practical Models, Algorithms, and Numerical Methods
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1793569 Biological Modeling and Simulation: A Survey of Practical Models, Algorithms, and Numerical Methods
Vol : 38 Issue: 3
Special Issue: Modelling and analysis of uncertain systems – Part II
Author(s): D.M. Hutton
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The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics
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1793570 The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics
Vol : 38 Issue: 3
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Author(s): D.M. Hutton
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Preface

Preface
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1793610 Preface
Vol : 38 Issue: 3
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Author(s): Brian H. Rudall
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News conferences and technical reports

Professor Peter Felgett FRS – First UK Professor of Cybernetics
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1793611 Professor Peter Felgett FRS – First UK Professor of Cybernetics
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Oliver Gordon Selfridge – artificial intelligence and computing pioneer
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1793612 Oliver Gordon Selfridge – artificial intelligence and computing pioneer
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The Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics
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1793613 The Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics
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Announcements

Announcements
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1793614 Announcements
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Special announcements

Call for participation CTS 2009
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1793615 Call for participation CTS 2009
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ICDCS 2009 - 29th International Conference
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1793616 ICDCS 2009 - 29th International Conference
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Call for participation - International Conference – SASE2009
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1793617 Call for participation - International Conference – SASE2009
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HCI International 2009 San Diego, CA, USA, July 19-24, 2009
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1793618 HCI International 2009 San Diego, CA, USA, July 19-24, 2009
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38th International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP-2009)
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1793619 38th International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP-2009)
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History of mathematics
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1793620 History of mathematics
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Book reports

Mathematical Models in Technology Diffusion and Forecasting with Applications
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1793621 Mathematical Models in Technology Diffusion and Forecasting with Applications
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Distributed Computing and Networking
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1793622 Distributed Computing and Networking
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Computational Intelligence and Feature Selection: Rough and Fuzzy Approaches
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1793623 Computational Intelligence and Feature Selection: Rough and Fuzzy Approaches
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