Kybernetes: Volume 38 Issue 3/4

Some results about grey mathematics

The purpose of this paper is to explain the connotation of grey number, which is the basic unit of grey mathematics and the key to establish the mathematic framework of grey…

The grey input‐occupancy‐output analysis

The purpose of this paper is to propose the input‐occupancy‐output analysis for grey situations and to manage the economic systems with missing information. The situation is…

An ANN pruning algorithm based approach to vendor selection

The purpose of this paper is to help enterprises to define and refresh their specific vendor selection criteria according to changing situations.

Research of order relation based on pansystems measures

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the order relation of existing in computer science, define and analyze macroscopical‐order and semi‐partial order in pansystems theory, and…

Improved grey‐Markov chain algorithm for forecasting

The purpose of this paper is to present a method to accurately forecast the tendency of the gross amount of energy sources consumption of the country and construct a new kind of…

Modelling of traction battery performance appraisal based on fuzzy comprehensive and AHP

The purpose of this paper is to establish an appraisal system for evaluating and choosing traction battery for electric vehicle (EV) quantitatively and effectively.

Application of Wuli‐Shili‐Renli system methodology in knowledge management

The purpose of this paper is to utilize “Wuli‐Shili‐Renli (WSR)” system methodology to analyze complexity of knowledge and knowledge management and create models for knowledge…

Combined models for day‐ahead electricity price forecasting based on improved gray correlation methodology

To combine the forecasting by single method using influence information fully, other than regular combined methods only focusing on historical forecasting errors.

A computational method of system reliability of a successful product based on a simulated test

The purpose of this paper is to put forward a method which uses a computer to make a large number of simulated tests and determine the reference value of a system reliability…

An interactive algorithm for deciding multi‐criteria weights in incomplete information environment

Multi‐criteria decision making exists in the daily lives with broad application backgrounds. Sometimes because of incomplete information, the weights can only be estimated…

Prediction of the concentration and diameter distribution of indoor suspended particulate matter

The purpose of this paper is to establish mass balance model and predict the concentration and diameter distribution of indoor suspended particulate matters (SPM).

A study on the randomness of economics' system risk

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the basic facts of trade risk with its manifestation and bring forward the basic mode quantitatively analyzing the risk in.

Passivity and passification analysis of uncertain discrete‐time fuzzy systems

Passivity theory is closely related to both electrical network and circuit analysis methods. The purpose of this paper is to try to establish some basic results on the uncertain…

Mouse colony optimization and simulated annealing algorithm for energy balance routing in wireless sensor networks

The purpose of this paper is to search an energy balance routing in the wireless sensor networks (WSN) and lengthen the life of the networks.

China's population projections based on GM(1,1) metabolic model

The purpose of this paper is to apply grey system theory to population system and project China's population.

The relationship between the uniform approximation rates and the shapes of fuzzy sets in fuzzy systems

The purpose of this paper is to answer the question that what the best shape of fuzzy sets is in fuzzy systems for function approximation which is essential in many applications…

Grey dynamic model GM(1,N) for the relationship of cost and variability

The purpose of this paper is to overcome the deficiency of the current GM(1,N) such as low‐prediction precision, extend the scope of GM(1,N) and provide an effective grey dynamic…

The optimization of road building schedule based on budget restriction

The purpose of this paper is to present a model to determine which roads to be built in each stage with limited budget.

Sliding mode control for uncertain neutral system with time‐delays

The purpose of this paper is to find an appropriate sliding mode control strategy for neutral systems with time‐delays in the presence of unmatched parameter uncertainties and…

Extension theory and its application in evaluation of independent innovation capability

The purpose of this paper is to apply a new idea and scientific method to evaluate the enterprise's independent innovation capability accurately.

Study on track prediction of air target based on grey system model

In order to find a more accurate prediction method for the track of an aerial target, this paper aims to establish a track prediction model by the theory of grey system based some…

New sufficient criteria for Schur D‐stability of interval matrices

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the Schur D‐stability and the vertex stability of interval matrices (including point matrix obviously). Some new sufficient conditions…

Incentive mechanism design problem based on gradient dynamics

The purpose of this paper is to study the incentive mechanism design problem of manager under the assumption of bounded rationality in the theoretical framework of principal‐agent…

Short‐term forecast of the gas dissolved in power transformer using the hybrid grey model

The purpose of this paper is to define new method (grey model (GM)) for predicting the value of gases in oil‐immersed power equipment, as well as change the traditional GM which…

Study on electric policy modeling based on CGE

The purpose of this paper is to establish a model to analyze the impacts of economic policy on the demand for electricity in China, including the impacts of fiscal and monetary…

Free object in the category of L‐fuzzy left R‐modules determined by L‐fuzzy set

The purpose of this paper is to study free L‐fuzzy left R‐module, using the language of categories and functors for the general description of L‐fuzzy left R‐modules generated by L…

A fuzzy evaluation system for web services selection using extended QoS model

This paper aims to define an extended QoS model to accurately describe the quality of web service in the open distributed environment and propose a fuzzy evaluation approach for…

Optimal portfolio model under compound jump processes

The purpose of this paper is to research the optimal portfolio proportion for the optimal investment model and the optimal consumption investment strategies for the optimal…

Web‐based system for industry using information and communication technologies

The purpose of this paper is to develop a system that will ease and improve communication and exchange of data and information between partnerships.

Three‐dimensional sequential uniform design

The purpose of this paper is to extend two‐dimensional sequential uniform design and present three‐dimensional sequential uniform design which can optimize the problem of…

Emerging technologies: software‐intensive systems and other current developments

This paper aims to review current research and developments with particular reference to the emerging technologies.

Machine consciousness, ambisonics

The purpose of this paper is to review machine consciousness (MC) and machine modelling of consciousness (MMC) with acknowledgement that their study may contribute to…

Systemic knowledge processes, innovation and sustainable competitive advantages

Turbulence and complexity in the business environment is growing along with the need for external information in creating innovation, as innovation is seen as the primary source…

Toward a holistical perception of the content of business ethics

The purpose of this paper is to offer a new requisitely holistic definition of business ethics (BE) as a crucial component of business cybernetics and practice. The present…

Model information transmission system

The purpose of this paper is to study a theory of systems and their models on the basis of studying the information channels between their elements, meaning that it is a…

The decomposition method applied to systems of linear Volterra integral equations of the first kind

The purpose of this paper is to solve systems of linear Volterra integral equations of the first kind by the Adomian decomposition method (ADM). An elegant and reliable technique…

A modification for solving Fredholm‐Hammerstein integral equation by using wavelet basis

The purpose of this paper is to use Alpert wavelet basis and modify the integrand function approximation coefficients to solve Fredholm‐Hammerstein integral equations.

Interval neutrosophic sets and topology

In 2005, Smarandache generalized the Atanassov's intuitionistic fuzzy sets (IFSs) to neutrosophic sets (NS), and other researchers introduced the notion of interval neutrosophic…

A conceptual analysis and design of a management system for “Ifa” (an African traditional oracle)

The purpose of this paper is to suggest a conceptual analysis and design of knowledge management (KM) system for “Ifa” divination. In previous research, a randomized expert system…

Some theoretical results of learning theory based on random sets in set‐valued probability space

The purpose of this paper is to introduce some basic knowledge of statistical learning theory (SLT) based on random set samples in set‐valued probability space for the first time…

ICT Futures – Delivering Pervasive, Real‐time and Secure Services

Biological Modeling and Simulation: A Survey of Practical Models, Algorithms, and Numerical Methods

The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics

Distributed Computing and Networking

Call for participation CTS 2009

Call for participation - International Conference – SASE2009

Oliver Gordon Selfridge – artificial intelligence and computing pioneer

38th International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP-2009)

Mathematical Models in Technology Diffusion and Forecasting with Applications

Computational Intelligence and Feature Selection: Rough and Fuzzy Approaches

Announcements

ICDCS 2009 - 29th International Conference

Professor Peter Felgett FRS – First UK Professor of Cybernetics

HCI International 2009 San Diego, CA, USA, July 19-24, 2009

The Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics

Preface

History of mathematics