Firms frequently introduce a new quality differentiated service to extend or encroach on the
original market, such as expert consultations, airlines, and catering, thereby ameliorating the …

This article examines the capacity allocation decisions in a supply chain in which a supplier
sells a common product to two retailers at a fixed wholesale price. The retailers order the …

In this paper, we study how to design the optimal contract in the mobile service industry,
which has two main features. First, both the mobile service provider and the sales agent can …

In recent years, peer‐to‐peer (P2P) networks have become an increasingly popular method
for distributing digital content. In this study, we consider the development of optimal contracts …

The Internet is making a significant transition from primarily a network of desktop computers
to a network variety of connected information devices such as personal digital assistants and …

We propose to use Block-based Bilateral Filter (BBF), which extends the classical Bilateral
Filter (BF) through operating in block-wise manner, to conceal missing image blocks in the …

This tutorial provides an overview of cooperative and noncooperative games for capacity
planning and scheduling decisions. For both cooperative and noncooperative games, we …

The optimal contract design for cloud computing service with resource guarantee under the
consideration of resource redundancy and network externality is studied in this research. A …

Managing the supply chain has recently been the most significant task for manufacturing
companies toward cost efficiency and customer satisfaction. Globalization not only …

In this paper, under a general framework of Networked two-layer Learning Control Systems
(NLCSs), optimal and fair network scheduling is studied. Multi-networked feedback control …