Kybernetes: Volume 44 Issue 1

Fuzzy trust evaluation based on consistency intensity for cloud services

Ying Huo, Yi Zhuang, Siru Ni

The purpose of this paper is to define an evaluation model for cloud services to deal with the fuzzy information and propose a novel fuzzy evaluation method based on consistency…

Interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy stochastic multi-criteria decision-making method based on Prospect theory

Jianwei Gao, Huihui Liu

– The purpose of this paper is to provide a new approach to solving the interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy stochastic multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) problems.

A simple diversity guided firefly algorithm

Shuhao Yu, Shoubao Su, Li Huang

– The purpose of this paper is to present a modified firefly algorithm (FA) considering the population diversity to avoid local optimum and improve the algorithm’s precision.

Decision fusion for signalized intersection control

Sabeur Elkosantini, Ahmed Frikha

Traffic congestion is becoming a serious problem that has adverse consequences on the socio-economy, environment, and public health of various cities worldwide. The purpose of…

Study on sensitive information leakage vulnerability modeling

Sung-Hwan Kim, Nam-Uk Kim, Tai-Myoung Chung

The purpose of this paper is to provide a model for quantitatively analyzing the security profile of an organization’s IT environment. The model considers the security risks…

The development of innovations in organizations: the role of creative energy fields

Jon-Arild Johannessen, Hugo Skaalsvik

One problem that many organisations face today in the global economy is that too few ideas are turned into innovations. The purpose of this paper is to show how innovations in…

Antecedents of user satisfaction with ERP systems: mediation analyses

Ibrahim M. Al-Jabri

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of four important influencing factors on user satisfaction with an in-house developed ERP module in a large oil and gas…

Durable product review mining for customer segmentation

Shimiao Jiang, Shuqin Cai, Georges Olle Olle, Zhiyong Qin

More and more e-commerce web sites are using online customer reviews (OCRs) for customer segmentation. However, for durable products, customer purchases, and reviews only once for…

Autonomous evolution of service system in cluster supply chain

Xiao Xue, Shufang Wang, Hao Chao

The purpose of this paper is to provide strong theoretical and technical support for the dynamic evolution of service system in “Cluster Supply Chain”(CSC), which can deal with…

Management by obedience: the patterns that lead to evil acts

Jon-Arild Johannessen

If we know something about the patterns and conditions of crime against humanity, we may perhaps at an early point be able to diagnose and identify developments that lead to these…

Report from the World Organisation for Systems and Cybernetics 2014 congress

David Chapman

Editorial

Magnus Ramage, David Chapman, Chris Bissell