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A review on bilevel optimization: from classical to evolutionary approaches and applications
(IEEE, 2018)
Bilevel optimization is defined as a mathematical
program, where an optimization problem contains another optimization
problem as a constraint. These problems have received
significant attention from the mathematical ...
Association of grade configuration with school climate for 7th and 8th grade students
(American Psychological Association, 2017)
Educational authorities have questioned whether middle schools provide the best school climate for 7th and 8th grade students, and proposed that other grade configurations such as K– 8th grade schools may provide a better ...
Family deviance, self-control, deviant lifestyles, and youth violent victimization: a latent indirect effects analysis
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2017-10-16)
Research increasingly explores more complex relations of low self-control and context factors, such as structural constraints that limit behavioral lifestyle options, with violent victimization. The authors extend extant ...
Professionalizing religious family-owned organizations: an examination of human resource challenges
(Association of Management Development Institutions in South Asia (AMDISA), 2017)
Transformation of the HR function from the traditional to a modern and professional one continues to be a challenge for most family-owned organizations. This paper discusses the traditional HR practices followed in an ...
Relationships between job characteristics, work engagement, conscientiousness and managers’ turnover intentions: a moderated-mediation analysis
(Emerald insight, 2018-03-02)
Purpose – Integrating the job demands-resources theory and the conservation of resources theory, the purpose
of this paper is to develop and test a moderated-mediation model examining the relationships between
motivating ...
A Statistical model for helices with applications
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2018-09)
Motivated by a cutting edge problem related to the shape of α-helices in proteins, we formulate a parametricstatistical model, which incorporates the cylindrical nature of the helix. Our focus is to detect a “kink,” which ...
Solving semi-open queuing networks with time-varying arrivals: an application in container terminal landside operations
(Elsevier, 2018-06-16)
Semi-open queuing networks (SOQNs) are widely applied to measure the performance of manufacturing, logistics, communications, restaurant, and health care systems. Many of these systems observe variability in the customer ...
Technology non-affordances: The political interactions in the designer-user- technology trio in a developing country
(ACM Digital Library, 2017)
The introduction of a new enterprise system to an organization often necessitates the accommodation of standardized practices, which may be in conflict with local users’ practices and their work culture. We ...
Does strategic planning determine innovation in organizations? A study of Indian SME sector
(Sage, 2018)
While some researchers argue that strategic planning assists new product development and can be viewed as a framework for innovation, others believe that it restricts creativity and innovation. Despite a literary appreciation ...
An evolutionary analysis of growth and fluctuations with negative externalities
(Springer International Publishing, 2018)
We present an evolutionary game theoretic model of growth and fluctuations with negative externalities. Agents in a population choose the level of input. Total output is a function of aggregate input and a productivity ...