The concept of reneging has been exploited to a great extent in recent past by the queuing modelers. Reneging leads to loss of potential customers. Keeping into mind this negative impact of reneging, a new queuing model has been developed which deals with retention of reneged customers. In this paper, we have developed an M/M/1/N queuing model which deals with retention of reneged customers. Th...

Using GLOBE classification and findings, this paper compares the family characteristics and work cultures of family businesses in Anglo, Germanic, and Nordic cultures. Results indicate differing patterns in terms of the involvement of the family in the family business and other key organizational dimensions. While all three regions share their weak family orientation, the Nordic and Germanic re...

Fault diagnosis of induction motors in the practical industrial fields is always a challenging task due to the difficulty that lies in exact identification of fault signatures at various motor operating conditions in the presence of background noise produced by other mechanical subsystems. Several signal processing approaches have been adopted so far to mitigate the effect of this background no...

We describe main models and results of a new branch of the queueing theory, theory of retrial queues, which is characterized by the following basic assumption: a customer who cannot get service (due to finite capacity of the system, balking, impatience, etc.) leaves the service area, but after some random delay returns to the system again. Emphasis is done on comparison with standard queues wit...

Information is often multidimensional, dynamic and difficult to communicate using traditional representations such as verbal descriptions or even graphics. With the development of advanced visualization technology, it is possible to create more effective representations. Taking a distributed cognition perspective and integrating several theories of visualization, I have formulated a theoretical...

This paper compares jihadist radicalisation in Australia with that in other Western countries. It identifies similarities and differences in both the nature of the jihadist activity undertaken and the demographic characteristics of the people who became involved. From this, the paper examines the utility of various theories of violent radicalisation for explaining jihadism in Australia. This op...

The Combined Heat and Power Economic Emission Load Dispatch (CHPEED) is an optimization problem to minimize the cost and emission while ensuring the fulfilling the power and heat demand and feasible constraints. This paper presents Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) technique and other to solve CHPEED with bounded feasible operating region. The main potential of this technique is that it proper ...

With the modernization of the telecommunication standards, there has been considerable evolution of various technologies to assist cost effective communication. In this regard, the fourth generation communication services or commonly known as 4G mobile networks have penetrated almost every part of the world to offer faster and seamless data connectivity. However, such services come at the cost ...

Increasing costs involved in building new brands motivate marketers to adopt an alternate route for new product introductions, in the form of brand extensions. Consumer attitude towards brand extensions has been previously studied through multiple replications of Aaker and Keller’s attitude based model. While multiple studies exist with comparative analysis of the original model and its replica...