简介:Inthiseraofadata-drivensociety,usefuldata(BigData)isoftenunintentionallyignoredduetolackofconvenienttoolsandexpensivesoftware.Forexample,weblogfilescanbeusedtoidentifyexplicitinformationofbrowsingpatternswhenusersaccesswebsites.Somehiddeninformation,however,cannotbedirectlyderivedfromthelogfiles.Wemayneedexternalresourcestodiscovermoreknowledgefrombrowsingpatterns.Thepurposeofthisstudyistoinvestigatetheapplicationofwebusageminingbasedonweblogfiles.Theoutcomeofthisstudysetsfurtherdirectionsofthisinvestigationonwhatandhowimplicitinformationembeddedinlogfilescanbeefficientlyandeffectivelyextracted.Furtherworkinvolvescombiningtheuseofsocialmediadatatoimprovebusinessdecisionquality.
简介:ThispaperaddressesthesupplychainengineeringanditsapplicationinChina’sretailingindustry.Basedontheapproachesofsystemsengineering,weproposetheconceptofsupplychainengineering,whichappliestheideaofsupplychainmanagementtotheengineeringpracticesthroughtheadvancedinformationandmanagementtechnology,tointegratethesupplychainsystemandoptimizeitsoperations.WethenillustratetheapplicationofthesupplychainengineeringinChina’sretailingindustry.Insuchpractices,wedevelopedthevirtualretailingenterprisemodeandtheFROM-SCMsystem,anddesignedthesalesassistantetc.SuchtheoryandpracticesaresuccessfullyappliedinMeiyijia,whichhastransformedMeiyijiafromatraditionalretailertoamodernserviceenterprise,andtheprofitsareresultedfromtheservicefeesratherthanthetraditionalsurplusbetweenbuyingandsellingprices.NowMeiyijiahasbuiltanecosystemwiththeretailerinthecore,theheadquarterastheserviceplatform.ThesuccessofMeiyijiainrecentyearsshowstheeffectivenessofthesupplychainengineering.
简介:Thispaperstudiestheoptimalconsumption-investmentstrategywithHeston’sstochasticvolatility(SV)modelunderhyperbolicabsoluteriskaversion(HARA)utilitycriterion.Thefinancialmarketiscomposedofarisk-lessassetandariskyasset,whosepriceprocessissupposedtobedrivenbyHeston’sSVmodel.TheriskypreferenceoftheindividualisassumedtosatisfyHARAutility,whichrecoverspowerutility,exponentialutilityandlogarithmutilityasspecialcases.HARAutilityisofgeneralframeworkintheutilitytheoryandisseldomstudiedintheexistingliteratures.Legendretransform-dualtechniquealongwithstochasticdynamicprogrammingprincipleispresentedtodealwithourproblemandtheclosed-formsolutiontotheoptimalconsumption-investmentstrategyissuccessfullyobtained.Finally,somespecialcasesarederivedindetail.
简介:Inthispaper,weinvestigatethedisparitiesofChina’sinsurancemarketfromtheviewpointofgeographyandenterprisebyusingthemonthlydatafromJanuary2006toDecember2015.Wedividethewholeinsurancemarketintotwoparts,namelypropertyinsuranceandpersonalinsurance.Byconstructingandanalyzingminimumspanningtreesofinsurancemarket,weobtaintheresultsasfollows:(i)Theconnectionsbetweenprovincesaremuchcloserthanthoseoffirms,andthereareregionallinksbetweenneighboringprovincesintheminimumspanningtree(MST);and(ii)thedomesticfundedfirmsandforeignfundedfirmsformtwoexplicitclustersintheMSTsofpropertyandpersonalinsurancemarket.