Modelling consumer choice through the random regret minimization model: An application in the food domain

In line with findings on post-purchase food-choice regret, one can expect that pre-purchase anticipated regret with respect to forgone (non-chosen) alternatives has an impact on consumer food choices, especially when the choice is considered to be important. The traditional Random Utility Maximization (RUM) models for discrete choices may not fully capture this impact. This study investigates the usefulness and potential in the food domain of a discrete choice model that follows the regret minimization principle, the Random Regret Minimization (RRM) model, as an alternative and complement to existing RUM models. The two models are applied to consumer stated choices of cheese in a choice experiment. The study also investigates whether and to what extent a number of personality traits determine whether particular consumers rather choose according to utility-maximization, or regret-minimization principles. Results show that at the aggregate level the two models have a similar goodness of fit to the data and prediction ability. Still, each of them shows better fit for particular subgroups of consumers, based on personality traits. Hence, the present study reveals a potential for the RRM model applications in the food domain, and adds to the empirical literature supporting previous findings on the RRM model found in other contexts. Further research is needed to explore in which situations and for which consumer segments the RRM model is the most useful model.     

气压传动与控制在电子专用设备上的应用

气压传动与控制已成为电子专用设备研制过程中一项不可缺少的内容 ,必须进行合理的气动系统设计及其控制 ,选择相应的气动元件以满足设备的功能要求。概述了气压传动与控制在电子专用设备上的应用。     

A balanced solution of a fuzzy soft set based decision making problem in medical science

The purpose of this paper is two folded. Firstly, the concept of mean potentiality approach (MPA) has been developed and an algorithm based on this new approach has been proposed to get a balanced solution of a fuzzy soft set based decision making problem. Secondly, a parameter reduction procedure based on relational algebra with the help of the balanced algorithm of mean potentiality approach has been used to reduce the choice parameter set in the parlance of fuzzy soft set theory and it is justified to the problems of diagnosis of a disease from the myriad of symptoms from medical science. Moreover the feasibility of this proposed method is demonstrated by comparing with Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), Naive Bayes classification method and Feng's method.     

密集型WSN冲突避免的MAC协议

无线传感器网络媒体接触控制层存在2种冲突。提出基于概率的时隙选择算法,使不同节点在相同时隙发送概率不同,从而降低域内冲突。实验结果显示,该算法的有效能量和损失能量相比Sift协议节省了17.6%和43.9%,能量有效率提高了14.3%。提出染色预防算法,通过提前确定节点活动时序解决域间冲突问题。实验结果显示,该算法的节点平均睡眠时间在87%以上,空闲侦听导致的能量消耗仅占总能量的7%。     

Saccadic velocity and activation: development of a diagnostic tool for assessing energy regulation

The hypothesis was tested that peak velocity of saccadic eye movements in visual motor tasks varies with variables related to energy regulation. The hypothesis is based on the cognitive-energetical performance model of Sanders. An experimental paradigm was developed in which saccadic peak velocity of task-relevant eye movements is measured while a choice reaction task is carried out. Confounding factors of saccadic amplitude and movement direction were controlled. The task was designed in such a way that in each trial subjects performed a target saccade towards an imperative stimulus and a return saccade after the manual response back to the centre of the screen. For both types of saccades the experimental variables were foreperiod duration (short versus long), knowledge of results (with versus without), postsaccadic demand (low versus high) and time on task (five 30-min intervals). In two experiments, there are main and interaction effects of the task variables on peak saccadic velocity. Return saccades are slower than target saccades, but not in the case of high postsaccadic demand. Knowledge of results increases peak saccadic velocity, but more so for return than for target saccades. Time on task leads to a decrease in peak saccadic velocity, which is much stronger for return than for target saccades; furthermore this effect is more pronounced after short than after long foreperiods. Peak saccadic velocity is changed within seconds. The results support the hypothesis. Peak saccadic velocity of task related eye movements reflects energy regulation during task performance. The paradigm will be developed as a diagnostic tool in workload measurement.     

人工神经网络专家系统在门窗选型中的应用

本文提出了一个将神经网络专家系统的设计思想引入门窗选型过程的应用模型,从而提高了门窗选型的合理性,也充分发挥了神经网络及专家系统的各自优点。文中主要介绍了基于神经网络专家系统的门窗选型模型的结构和推导过程,此模型在实际应用中确实取得了令人满意的效果。     

轨迹与选择:从政治民主到行政民主

政治民主给人民管理国家的可能性与现实性存在很大距离。必须同时实行行政民主,让公民渗透到行政权力行使的始终,才能保证行政权力始终行驶在民意的轨道上。制度选择与价值回归是行政民主的重要内容。各国公共行政都进行了适应性变革。     

高维数据空间金字塔技术研究

被视为破解“维度灾”的金字塔技术是有效的高维空间数据索引方法之一,它是基于一种依赖数据维度的非平均分割策略,先对d维数据按维度进行空间分割成具有公共顶点的2d个金字塔,然后提供d维数据点到1维金字塔值的一一映射,通过一种有序的一维索引结构建立有效的索引。文章结合高维数据空间索引的建立,提出金字塔技术所依赖的维度的选维策略和域外插入处理所需的适应性处理方法,实际效果较好。     

以太网交换机的选择

本文对以太网交换机的分类和性能参数进行了讨论，在此基础上给出了选择交换机的基本原则和主要依据。     

Speed choice by drivers: The issue of driving too slowly

Quite correctly, the majority of road safety speeding initiatives focus on drivers travelling at excessive speeds. This study, however, focused on the potential problem of driving too slowly. Six thousand, four hundred and eighty vehicles from around the Perth metropolitan area in Western Australia had their speeds recorded; observations were also made of these vehicles to identify characteristics of the driver and vehicle. In addition, a community survey with 240 members of the public was conducted to examine their attitudes towards slow drivers. As expected, results showed that older drivers drove more slowly than the other age brackets, women drove more slowly than men, and that heavily laden vehicles drove more slowly than other types of vehicles. Additionally, the slowest days were weekdays and the quickest were Saturdays. Community attitudes, generally mirrored the observational findings, and indicated that the public believed that slow driving was sometimes a safety problem causing some accidents. These data are discussed, and some possible countermeasures are briefly introduced to address the problem.