简介:October25to27,2006,Troyes,Francehttp://www.utt.fr/ieee-sssm06/SponsoredbyServiceSystemsandOrganizationCommittee,IEEESystems,ManandCyberneticsSocietyIEEEThemeServiceisanemergingsectorforeconomicgrowthinthe21stcentury.Itcoversourdailylifeandalmostallindustries,frommedicalcaretotheproductionofhigh-techproducts.Anation'seconomicevolutionhighlyreliesonitsservicesystemsandservicemanagement.Theproductionofaproductinamanufacturingplantmaybeinterruptedbecauseoftheshortageofrequiredcomponentscausedbyanunreliablelogisticsservice.Thelivingstandardofpeopleinacountrymaybedegradedbecauseofitsineffectivemedicalcaresystem.Intheinformationerawheretheindustrializedworldisnolongercharacterizedbyscarcityofmerchandises,serviceandqualityoflifehavebecometheprimaryfocusforsocialandeconomicdevelopment.Giventheincreasingimportance,thecomplexity,andtheinterdisciplinarynatureofservicesystemsandservicemanagement,itisessentialtobringresearchersandprofessionalsfromallrelevantdisciplines(systemtheoryandsystemsengineering,marketingandorganizationalbehavior,logisticsandoperationsmanagement,qualityassurance,informationtechnology,etc)togethertodiscussissuesandsharetheirresearchanddevelopmentresultsandexperiencesintheareasofservicesystemsandservicemanagement,inordertodevelopinnovativeandadvancedconcepts,strategies,systemdesignandoperationsmanagementmethodsforthe21stcentury'sservice.Authorsareinvitedtosubmittheir
简介:Whilegametheoretictoolshavebeenwidelyappliedtonuclearproliferationanddisarmamentissues,traditionaldecisionanalysisassumesthatdecisionmakers,options,andpreferencesarefixed.Adramatheoreticapproachisusedtoovercometheselimitingassumptions:DramaTheory(DT)Ⅱallowsgloballeadersandnationalsecuritypolicymakerstoengageinarational-emotionalprocessofre-defininginternationalsecuritynegotiations(andtheir'positions'inthem)untilagreementonasatisfactorynuclearnon-proliferationresolutionisreached.The2009nuclearenergynegotiationsbetweenIranandworldpowersaremodeledwithDTⅡandtheConfrontationManagerTMDecisionSupportSystem.Byadjustingstrategyandderivingtransformativesecuritypolicy,itisshownhowinternationalsecuritycanbeachievedbypromotingnuclearnon-proliferationandresolvingstrategicconflict.
简介:Afterthereformandopening,theeconomicrelationshipbetweenChinaandtheworldisstrengthenedheavily.Theoretically,internationalfactorshaveimpactonthedomesticgeneralpricelevelthroughasetofchannels.Thispaperemployedasampleincludingmonthlydataoffiverepresentativeindicators,toexploretheinfluenceofinternationalfactorsonChinesepricelevel.TheempiricalresultsshowedthatthereisanobviouslagforChineseCPIreactingtointernationalshocks,whilethePPIreactsimmediately.TheimpactofinternationalfactorsonChineseCPIandPPIusuallylasts12monthsatleastandtheyalwaysexhibitadifferenttransmissionmechanismforinternationalshocks.Besides,afurtherstudyrevealedthatsomestructure-breakpointsintheinfluencemechanismofinternationalfactorsexist,andgreatchangesoftheimpactdirectionandsignificancefordifferentfactorshavetakenplaceinthesubsampleperiods.
简介:TheestablishmentoftheChinaPilotFreeTradeZone(FTZ)hassignificantlypromotedinternationaltrade,financialdevelopment,andeconomicgrowth.Buildinginternationalfinancialcenters(IFCs)satisfiesthedemandforFTZstofacilitatefinancialdevelopment,aswellaspromotingeconomicgrowth.Thus,successfullypredictingthenextIFCinChinaundertheFTZframeworkisanimportantissue.Inthisstudy,weappliedgreyrelationalanalysiscombinedwithentropymethodtopredictpotentialIFCsamongsevenFTZcities.Accordingtotheresults,ourinterestingfindingsinclude:1)the'totalstockturnover','totalvalueofimportsandexports',and'ForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)'arekeyindicatorsfordeterminingfutureIFCs;2)amongsevencities,ShenzhenandTianjinarehighlylikelytobecomethenextIFCs,whileShanghaiisalreadyanIFC.
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