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Uncertain interest rate model for Shanghai interbank offered rate and pricing of American swaption
In the framework of uncertainty theory, this paper investigates the pricing problem of American swaption. By assuming that the floating interest rate obeys an uncertain differential equation, the pricing formu...
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A comparison between the wholesale model and the agency model with different launch strategies in the book supply chain
Electronic books’ pricing model and launch strategy are main issues concerned by the members of the book supply chain. Inspired by this fact, this paper establishes analytical models to investigate the publish...
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Manufacturer’s R &D cooperation contract: linear fee or revenue-sharing payment in a low-carbon supply chain
This paper studies one manufacturer’s optimal co-development payment under different power structures in a low-carbon supply chain with one manufacturer, one technology firm, and one retailer. The manufacturer...
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Open AccessPublisher Correction: Truncated FGFR2 is a clinically actionable oncogene in multiple cancers
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Open AccessTruncated FGFR2 is a clinically actionable oncogene in multiple cancers
Somatic hotspot mutations and structural amplifications and fusions that affect fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (encoded by FGFR2) occur in multiple types of cancer1. However, clinical responses to FGFR inhib...
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Open AccessSwitchable bifunctional molecular recognition in water using a pH-responsive Endo-functionalized cavity
The construction of water-soluble synthetic hosts with a stimuli-responsive endo-functionalized cavity is challenging. These hosts feature a switchable cavity and may bring new properties to the fields of self-as...
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CAKE: A Context-Aware Knowledge Embedding Model of Knowledge Graph
Recently, knowledge embedding on knowledge Graph (KG) has drawn increasing attention from both academia and industry for its concise rationale and promising prospects. However, performances of existing knowled...
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Firms’ strategy analysis under different retailing formats considering emission reduction efficiency and low-carbon preference
In response to the cap-and-trade policy, many manufacturers begin to reduce emissions by various measures, such as investing in technologies and using clean materials, which will affect their operation strateg...
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Equilibrium analysis of marketing strategies in supply chain with marketing efforts induced demand considering free riding
Retailers can make marketing efforts to increase the market demand, but the results from their activities are generally uncertain and influenced by free riding. This paper considers marketing strategies in a t...
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Firms’ pricing strategies under different decision sequences in dual-format online retailing
E-commerce platforms are increasingly adopting a dual-format retailing mode, not only acting as a reseller, but also providing manufacturers a platform (i.e., marketplace) to access consumers. Based on platfor...
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The influences of channel subsidy on consumers in a dual-channel supply chain
This paper examines the influence of subsidies provided by traditional (e.g., a bricks-and-mortar retail mall) and electronic (e.g., Alibaba and Amazon) retail platforms to consumers. We look at the competitio...
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Does car sharing help reduce the total number of vehicles?
Car sharing has become a non-negligible complement to the existing transportation and is viewed as an environmentally beneficial alternative. In this paper, we develop a game-theoretic model to investigate how...
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Optimal pricing decision for supply chains with risk sensitivity and human estimation
In reality, consumption markets are changeable and uncertain in terms of consumer demands, product manufacturing costs, sales costs and so on. When facing these markets, the small and medium manufacturers are ...
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Pricing decisions in closed-loop supply chain with collection-relevant demand
This research deals with pricing decisions in a closed-loop supply chain constituted by a manufacturer, two retailers and the end consumers. The manufacturer is assumed to be the Stackelberg leader while one o...
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Lookback options pricing for uncertain financial market
Lookback options are among the most popular path-dependent options in financial market. In this paper, the option pricing problem of lookback options is investigated under the assumption that the underlying st...
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Shear-induced assembly of a transient yet highly stretchable hydrogel based on pseudopolyrotaxanes
Dissipative self-assembly is common in biological systems, where it serves to maintain a far-from-equilibrium functional state through fuel consumption. Synthetic dissipative systems have been prepared that ca...
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Pricing decision problem in dual-channel supply chain based on experts’ belief degrees
This paper considers a pricing decision problem in supply chain with traditional offline channel and e-commence online channel. In such supply chains, in face of highly changeable and unpredictable markets, fo...
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Influence of composition ratio on ferroelectric, magnetic and magnetoelectric properties of PMN–PT/CFO composite thin films
Multiferroic 0.68Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3–0.32PbTiO3/CoFe2O4 (PMN–PT/CFO) composite films have been grown on Pt/Ti/SiO2/Si substrate via sol–gel spin-coating technique. PMN–PT and CFO precursor solutions were mixed befor...
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Models and Algorithm for the Orienteering Problem in a Fuzzy Environment
The orienteering problem is a classical decision-making problem that can model many applications in logistics, tourism , and several other fields. In the orienteering problem, a graph is given, in which each v...
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Crystallisation process of Bi5Ti3FeO15 multiferroic nanoparticles synthesised by a sol–gel method
Phase-pure Aurivillius Bi5Ti3FeO15 nanoparticles were successfully prepared using a sol–gel method. Behaviours of crystallisation were characterised by XRD, DTA, FT-IR, Raman spectra and HRTEM. Mass spectrum was ...
