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简介:Healthcareconsumersnolongerwanttobepassivereceiversoftreatmentandcare,theywanttobetohealthinformation,thankslargelytotheInternet,andactivehealthconsumerorganizationshaveprovidedconsumerswithenablingindependenthealthinformation.Individualconsumersarealsomorewillingtoenterintoadialogue,participateandinfluencedecisionsconcerningtheirowncare.Atthesametimetheconsumerrolebecomesmorediverse.Populationsinmanycountriestodayareculturally,socially,anddemographicallydiverse.Understandingconsumerdiversityisoneofthegreatestchallengesfacinghealthcareproviders.Thereisariskthatthequalityofhealthcareprovidedtoconsumerscanvarydependingontheskillsoftheprofessionalstoruneintothevaluesandpreferencesoftheindividualconsumer.Healthcareprovidersneedtolistentoandincorporateconsumers'experiencesintotheirhealthserviceofferingsinnewandcreativeways.Theyneedtoengageinadialoguewithvariousconsumergroupsusingmultiplechannels.Thereisaneedforanewbusinesslogic,whichwouldstructurallyhelptheproviders,onanindividualbasistodealwithmoresophisticatedhealthcareconsumers.Thisisareviewpaperandprovidesaframeworkandasetofstrategiesfordealingwithhealthconsumerdiversity.Wedrawonthreeinterrelatedtheories-opensystemstheory,servicemanagementresearchandtheconceptofconsumersegmentationtounderstandhealthcareconsumers'attitudesandbehaviour,andtheirexpectations.
简介:Coopetitionhasbecomethecurrentstrategictrendoftheeconomicdevelopment.Inthispaper,coopetitiongameandtheequi'ibriumhavebeendevelopedthroughcomparingthecharacteristicsofcooperationgamewiththoseofcompetitiongame.Furthmore,analgorithmusingonekindofminimaxtheoremproposedbyDingzhu-Duin1990isputforwardtosolvecoopetitiorgame.Thealgorithmhasgreatadvantagesoverothermethods,whichcansolveirregularandnon-differentialconcaveorconvexfunctionofthegames.Acoopetitiongameofcournotmodelwithasymmetricoligarchsisadvancedandthecoopetitionequilibriumshavebeenobtainedbysimulation.ThesimulationresultsarecomparedwiththatofNashequilibrium.Conclusionscanbemadethatmoremembersinacoalitioncouldgethighersatisfactiondegreesatcoopetitionequilibriums,whichisdependentoncostandpotentialmarketdemands.
简介:Onthebasesofthepropertiesofabstracthierarchicalstructuremodelandtheconcretestructureofthemodelsystem,whichisconvenienttosolvepracticalproblems,avisualinteractivehierarchicalcoordinationmethodhasbeenproposed.Inthispaper,acompensationadjustmentsub-modelforhydropowerstations,anoptimaloperationsub-modelforhydro-thermalpowersystems,andanaggregationmodelbasedontheaspirationleveltheoryarebuilt,andthesemodelscanbesolvedwithdecisionsupportalgorithm.Thesetofobjectivesanditsstructurecouldbemadebythedecision-makerinvisualsoftware,whichcouldbedecidedbyAHP.Finally,theapplicationresultsshowthatthismethodologyisfeasible,however,thesoftware(DSS)needsfurtherimprovement.
简介:Assetallocationisanimportantissueinfinance,andbothriskandreturnareitsfundamentalingredients.Ratherthanthereturn,themeasureoftheriskiscomplicatedandofcontroversy.Inthispaper,weproposeanappropriateriskmeasurewhichispreciselyaconvexcombinationofmeansemi-deviationandconditionalvalue-at-risk.Basedonthisriskmeasure,investorscantrade-offflexiblybetweenthevolatilityandthelosstotackletheincurringriskbychoosingdifferentconvexcoefficients.Asthepresentedriskmeasurecontainsnonsmoothterm,theassetallocationmodelbasedonitisnonsmooth.Toemploytraditionalgradientalgorithms,wedevelopauniformsmoothapproximationoftheplusfunctionandconvertthemodelintoasmoothone.Finally,anillustrativeempiricalstudyisgiven.Theresultsindicatethatinvestorscancontrolriskefficientlybyadjustingtheconvexcoefficientandtheconfidencelevelsimultaneouslyaccordingtotheirperceptions.Moreover,theeffectivenessofthesmoothingfunctionproposedinthepaperisverified.
简介:Supplychainisacomplex,hierarchical,integrated,openanddynamicnetwork.Everynodeinthenetworkisanindependentbusinessunitthatunitesotherorganizationstodevelopitsvalue,thecompetitionandcooperationbetweentheseunitsarebasicimpetusofthedevelopmentandevolutionofthesupplychainsystem.Thecharacteristicsofsupplychainasacomplexadaptivesystemanditsmodelingarediscussedinthispaper,anduseanexampledemonstratingthefeasibilityofCASmodelinginsupplychainmanagementstudy.
简介:Accurateandeffectiveassessmentofstrategicalternativesofanorganizationdirectlyaffectsthedecision-makingandexecutionofitsdevelopmentstrategy.Inevaluationofstrategicalternatives,relevantelementsfrombothinternalandexternalenvironmentsofanorganizationmustbeconsidered.Inthispaperweusestrategicassessmentmodeltoevaluatestrategicalternativesofanair-conditioningcompany.Strategicobjectivesandalternativesofthecompanyaredevelopedthroughanalysisofthecompetitiveenvironment,keycompetitorsandinternalconditions.Theenvironmentfactorsareclassifiedintointernal,task,andgeneralopportunitiesandthreats.Analyticalhierarchyprocess,subjectiveprobabilities,entropyconcept,andutilitytheoryareusedtoenhancedecision-maker'sabilityinevaluatingstrategicalternatives.Theevaluationresultsshowthatthemosteffectivestrategicalternativeforthecompanyistoreducetypesofproducts,concentrateitseffortonproducingwindow-typeandcupboard-typeair-conditioners,enlargetheproductionscale,andpre-emptthemarket.Thecompanyhasmadegreatprogressbyimplementingthisalternative.WeconcludethatSAMisanappropriatetoolforevaluatingstrategicalternatives.
简介:OnthebasisofanalyzingtheshortageofscalemeasureofthecurrentAHP,andfollowingbaseprincipleoftwocomparison:principleofreward-punishmentandprincipleofconversion,translationfunctionandconciliationcoefficienthavebeenstructured.Thisarticleadvancesanewmeasurewhichstructuringtranslationfunctionandconciliationcoefficient.TheresultofapplicationofimprovedAHPonthesynthesisevaluationofagriculturalmechanizationissatisfactory.
简介:ThispaperpresentsdesigntheoryandmethodoftheintellectualizedCAI.whichincludestheorganizationandexpressionoftheteachingcontentandtheteachingrequirementdeterminationinteachingprocess,anddevelopsahighlyintellectualizedCA1software.LA-CAI,touseforlinerarithmeticteachingprogram.
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简介:Theleft-inversesystemwithminimalorderanditsalgorithmsofdiscrete-timenonlinearsystemsarestudiedinalinearalgebraicframework.Thegeneralstructureofleft-inversesystemisdescribedandcomputedinsymbolicalgorithm.Twoalgorithmsaregivenforconstructingleft-inversesystemswithminimalorder.