Student success plays a vital role in educational institutions, as it is often used as a metric for
the institution's performance. Early detection of students at risk, along with preventive …

The science of science (SOS) is a rapidly developing field which aims to understand,
quantify and predict scientific research and the resulting outcomes. The problem is …

The evaluation of clustering algorithms is intrinsically difficult because of the lack of objective
measures. Since the evaluation of clustering algorithms normally involves multiple criteria, it …

This review pursues a twofold goal, the first is to preserve and enhance the chronicles of
recent educational data mining (EDM) advances development; the second is to organize …

Energy Internet is a new development form of energy system. It realizes the integration of
energy flow, information flow and business flow. More and more business model and service …

Classification algorithm selection is an important issue in many disciplines. Since it normally
involves more than one criterion, the task of algorithm selection can be modeled as multiple …

Resource allocation is a complicated task in cloud computing environment because there
are many alternative computers with varying capacities. The goal of this paper is to propose …

Tests of consistency for the pair-wise comparison matrices have been studied extensively
since AHP was introduced by Saaty in 1970s. However, existing methods are either too …

Supply chain management has become more important as an academic topic due to trends
in globalization leading to massive reallocation of production related advantages. Because …

In risk assessment and decision analysis, the analytical network process (ANP) is widely
used to assess the key factors of risks and analyze the impacts and preferences of decision …