In this paper, we propose a new global and fast Multilayer Perceptron Neural Network (MLP-NN) which can be used to forecast the automotive price. Nowadays, the gradient-based techniques, such as back propagation, are widely used for training neural networks. These techniques have local convergence results and, therefore, can perform poorly even on simple problems when forecasting is out of samp...

Considering the important role that personality traits and brand identity is playing in gaining advantage for companies against the competitors, these seem to be more important when customers be loyal to the brand. The purpose of this paper is to determine the relationship between personality traits of customers and personality and brand loyalty. The model of this research is presented based on...

This research aims at optimizing the production and transportation scheduling components at an automotive company. In particular, the transportation time, cost, as well as the capacity constraint constitute elements of vital significance in the decision making process. As found in a research conducted in Iran’s management and planning organization, an estimated 30% of all price increases was as...

A culture conducive to information security practice is extremely important for organizations since information has to be critical assets in modern enterprises. Thus for understanding and improving the organizational behavior with regard to information security, enterprises may look into organizational culture and examine how it affects the effectiveness of implementing ISM. This study aims ...