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This article reports results from empirical tests of relationships between the pattern of innovation within a firm and certain of the firm's characteristics: the stage of development of its production process and its chosen basis of... more
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      MarketingTechnological InnovationProduct innovationCompetitive strategy
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      Information TechnologyTeaching and LearningEducational TechnologyTechnological Innovation
An increasing amount of information is being collected on the ecological and socio-economic value of goods and services provided by natural and semi-natural ecosystems. However, much of this information appears scattered throughout a... more
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      Relational DatabaseEcological EconomicsOpen Source SoftwareStatistical Analysis
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      Mechanical EngineeringCivil EngineeringWind EnergyTurbulence
This article argues that the success of international strategic alliances requires attention not only to the hard side of alliance management (e.g., financial issues and other operational issues) but, also, to the soft side. The soft side... more
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      MarketingBusiness and ManagementStrategic AllianceWorld Business
This paper defines an objective economic index, which integrates both investment and fixed and variable operating costs of a wastewater treatment plant. The main objective is to standardize a cost calculation procedure, to be able to... more
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      Cost ModelDynamic SimulationCase StudyReal Time Control
In this paper, we present a model of a four rotor vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned air vehicle known as quadrotor aircraft. And we explained its control architecture including vision based control. Quadrotors have generated... more
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      ModelingVehicle DynamicsAerodynamicsMobile Robots
The notion of Environmental Space refers to external criteria regarding resources available for human consumption. On the one hand, it has been demonstrated that the reduction of energy consumption, material flows and land use would... more
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      Sustainable DevelopmentEnergy ConsumptionBiological SciencesEnvironmental Sciences
In this paper we develop a dynamic model for integer counts to capture fundamental properties of financial prices at the transaction level. Our model relies on an autoregressive multinomial component for the direction of the price change... more
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      EconomicsMarket MicrostructureEmpirical EconomicsCount data
this paper presents the modelling of a four rotor vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned air vehicle known as the quadrotor aircraft. The paper presents a new model design method for the flight control of an autonomous quad rotor... more
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      IEEEPid ControllerFlight ControlVertical Take Off and Landing Vehicles
Supply chains are complicated dynamical systems triggered by customer demands. Proper selection of equipment, machinery, buildings and transportation fleets is a key component for the success of such systems. However, efficiency of supply... more
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      Applied MathematicsSupply Chain ManagementGlobalizationSystems Engineering
This article discusses inter-partner relationships and their impact on joint venture performance. It explores the changes in the nature of relationships (conflict, commitment, co-operation, trust) which have important implications for the... more
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      BusinessMarketingBusiness and ManagementJoint Venture
ABSTRACT We analyze friendship formation patterns and develop a dynamic model of friendship formation that combines choices with random meeting patterns. We estimate biases in agents' preferences over the races of their friends... more
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      Network FormationDynamic Model of WSN
In this paper, the dynamic model of a wheeled inverted pendulum (e.g., Segway, Quasimoro, and Joe) is analyzed from a controllability and feedback linearizability point of view. First, a dynamic model of this underactuated system is... more
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      Mechanical EngineeringAccessibilityModelingVehicle Dynamics
Dynamic behavior analysis of electric motors is required in order to accurately evaluate the performance, energy consumption and pollution level of hybrid electric vehicles. Simulation tools for hybrid electric vehicles are divided into... more
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      Hybrid VehicleElectric MotorSteady stateElectric Vehicle
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      Integrated assessmentGlobal changeLand use and land cover change modelingLand Cover
The principal concerns in driving safety with standard vehicles or cybercars are understanding and preventing risky situations. A close examination of accident data reveals that losing control of the vehicle is the main reason for most... more
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      Mechanical EngineeringVehicle DynamicsKalman FilterSensors
In this paper, we develop a structural model of household behavior in an environment where there is uncertainty about brand attributes, and both prices and advertising signal brand quality. Four quality signaling mechanisms are at work in... more
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      MarketingAdvertisingBrand equityMarketing (Library Science)
A method of evaluating the intermittent propeller blade fixed cavitation and shedding of free cavitation bubbles is presented. The number and size of free cavitation bubbles are related to the variation of propeller blade attached... more
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      Low FrequencyHigh FrequencyMathematical ModelPROBABILITY DENSITY
Recent research and development of alternative energy sources have shown excellent potential as a form of contribution to conventional power generation systems. In order to meet sustained load demands during varying natural conditions,... more
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      EngineeringRenewable EnergyWind EnergyModeling
With the advent of high-speed trains, there is a renewed interest in the rail track-vehicle interaction studies. As part of an ongoing investigation of the track system optimisation and fatigue of the track components, a dynamic model is... more
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      EngineeringContact MechanicsSteady stateTimoshenko Beam
We present our ongoing work on the development of a new quadrotor aerial vehicle which has a tilt-wing mechanism. The vehicle is capable of take-off/landing in vertical flight mode (VTOL) and flying over long distances in horizontal... more
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      Dynamic Model of WSNSliding Mode ControllerUnmanned Aerial VehicleLong Distance
This paper aims to show that aggregate tax evasion may be largely explained by tax morale and that tax morale is dependent on the taxpayers' intrinsic attitudes to honesty and social stigma. The theoretical hypothesis is that these... more
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      Applied EconomicsTax EvasionSocio EconomicsTax Morale
The purpose of this article is to present an integrative model of cross-cultural counseling and psychotherapy. Illustrated by a series of critical incidents, it is argued that unidimensional models of cross-cultural counseling and... more
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      PsychologyEthnic minoritiesSchema TheoryBusiness and Management
This paper focuses on the problem of wind turbine fatigue load reduction by means of individual pitch control (IPC). The control approach has a two-degree-of-freedom structure, consisting of an optimal multivariable LQG controller and a... more
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      Mechanical EngineeringApplied MathematicsLow FrequencyNonlinear Control
Autonomous vehicle navigation with standard IMU and differential GPS has been widely used for aviation and military applications. Our research interesting is focused on using some low-cost off-the-shelf sensors, such as strap-down IMU,... more
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      EarthVehicle DynamicsGlobal Positioning SystemState Estimation
A new optimal control law for direct yaw moment control, to improve the vehicle handling, is developed. Although, this can be considered as part of a multi-layer system, for the traction control of a motorized wheels electric vehicle, but... more
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      Mechanical EngineeringOptimal ControlMechatronicsVehicle Dynamics
This paper presents the results obtained during the composting of digested sludge from the Waste Water Treatment Plant "El Salitre", in Bogotá, Colombia. Composting took place in an Aerated Static Pile System. A kinetic model is... more
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      Waste Water Treatment PlantDynamic Model of WSNLumping Kinetic ModelWater Treatment Plant
This paper describes a tool for long-term global change studies; it is an update of the History Database of the Global Environment (HYDE) with estimates of some of the underlying demographic driving factors of global change. We estimate... more
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      GeologyClimate ChangeGlobal changeHolocene
In this paper self-tuning fuzzy PID controller is developed to improved the performance for a pitch control of aircraft system. The controller is designed based on the dynamic modeling of system begins with a derivation of suitable... more
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      Fuzzy LogicFuzzy set theoryAtmospheric ModelingVehicle Dynamics
Lean manufacturing is an integrated socio-technical system. Its main objectives are to eliminate waste and reduce the variability of suppliers, customers, and internal resources and processes. A "lean" roadmap guides the transition from... more
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      Lean ManufacturingLiterature ReviewValue Stream MappingBest practice
In this paper we study nationalizations in the oil industry around the world during 1960-2006.
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      LawApplied EconomicsPanel DataOil Industry
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      PsychologyCognitive ScienceTemporal dynamicsLearning
This paper argues that researchers in the area of educational effectiveness should attempt to develop a new theoretical framework. Thus, a critical analysis of the current models of educational effectiveness research is provided and... more
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      School effectiveness and school improvementTheoretical FrameworkDynamic Model of WSN
Time-optimal control of startup traditional distillation columns by iterative programming proposed by Woinaroschy for ideal [Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2008, 47, 4158] and nonideal mixtures [Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2009, 48, 3873] is extended to... more
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      Distillation columnsSteady stateDynamic Model of WSNDifferential equation
Anaerobic digestion enables waste (water) treatment and energy production in the form of biogas. The successful implementation of this process has lead to an increasing interest worldwide. However, anaerobic digestion is a complex... more
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      WaterModelingWater PurificationSensitivity Analysis
Supervisory control Ultra-capacitor a b s t r a c t Depending on growing concerns on energy crises and environmental issues, fuel cell (FC) powered electrical vehicles are favored for possible substitute to conventional internal... more
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      Mechanical EngineeringRenewable EnergyModelingPerformance
In this work a dynamic model of a new quadrotor aerial vehicle that is equipped with a tilt-wing mechanism is presented. The vehicle has the capabilities of vertical take-off/landing (VTOL) like a helicopter and flying horizontal like an... more
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      Dynamic Model of WSNUnmanned Aerial Vehicle
Over the last two decades, significant research effort has been directed towards developing vehicle transmissions that reduce the energy consumption of an automobile. This effort has been a direct consequence of the growing environmental... more
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      Mechanical EngineeringEnergy ConsumptionDynamic controlEnvironmental Concern
Seungjin Choi Department of Computer Science Pohang University of Science and Technology San 31, Hyoja-dong, Nam-gu, Pohang, Gyungbuk 790-784, Korea E-mail: [email protected] ... Andrzej Cichocki RIKEN, Brain Science Institute, 2-1 ...
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      Information TheoryIndependent Component AnalysisA Priori KnowledgeBlind Source Separation
This paper provides comprehensive development procedures and final forms of mathematical models of unified power flow controller (UPFC) for steadystate, transient stability a$ eigenvalue studies. Based on the developed models, the impacts... more
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      Power SystemPower System OperationEigenvaluesSteady state
The current legislation imposes tighter restrictions in order to reduce the impact of chemical process industry on the environment. In this context, this study presents the dynamic model, simulation and optimization results for an... more
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      Chemical EngineeringProcess OptimizationHeat ExchangerLegislation
A dynamic model of the clarification-thickening process is presented. Based on the solids flux concept and on a mass balance around each layer of a one-dimensional settler, this model can simulate the solids profile throughout the... more
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      WaterModelingMultidisciplinarySteady state
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      Large Eddy SimulationComputation Fluid DynamicsVelocity Distribution in Open ChannelMathematical Model
C and N mineralisation kinetics obtained in laboratory incubations during decomposition of crop residues under non-limiting nitrogen conditions were simulated using a simple dynamic model. This model includes three compartments: the... more
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      KineticsBiological SciencesEnvironmental SciencesNitrogen
Married women's labor force participation has increased dramatically over the last century. Why this has occurred has been the subject of much debate. This paper investigates the role of culture as learning in this change. To do so, it... more
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      EconomicsChoice and preference (Learning)Latin American Economic HistoryLabour Force Participation
Neighbourhood interactions between land use types are often included in the spatially explicit analysis of land use change. Especially in the context of urban growth, neighbourhood interactions are often addressed both in theories for... more
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      Cellular AutomataUrban And Regional PlanningUrban DevelopmentLand Use Change
Self-regulation theories were used to develop a dynamic model of the determinants of subjective cognitive effort. The authors assessed the roles of malleable states and stable individual differences. Subjective cognitive effort and... more
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      MarketingPsychologyApplied PsychologyPersonality