Increasing diversity for case-based reasoning (CBR) is an issue that has recently drawn the attention of researchers in the CBR field. Several diversification techniques have been proposed and discussed in the literature. However, whether and to what extent those techniques can bring about benefits to end-users remains in question. In this paper, we report an experiment in applying a diversific...

Diversification analysis was developed with various objectives including increasing growth when the existing market/product has reached a maturity stage, maintaining stability by spreading risk of fluctuations in profit, credibility capital market, to avoid dependence on single good or product circulating fulfill wishes unsatisfied consumers, increase attractiveness interest sales turnover, pro...

Much of the analysis of economic growth has focused on the study of aggregate output. Here, we deviate from this tradition and look instead at the structure of output embodied in the network connecting countries to the products that they export. We characterize this network using four structural features: the negative relationship between the diversification of a country and the average ubiquit...

Abstract The few existing studies on the relationship between Aid for Trade (AfT) flows and inward foreign direct investment (FDI) tend to report a positive effect of total AfT flows, in particular aid building economic infrastructure, FDI inflows. This article aims complement these works by investigating whether stock depends recipient countries' level export product concentration. Empirical a...

Cyclodextrin glucanotransferases (CGTases) have attracted major interest from industry due to their unique capacity of forming large quantities of cyclic α-(1,4)-linked oligosaccharides (cyclodextrins) from starch. CGTases produce a mixture of cyclodextrins from starch consisting of 6 (α), 7 (β) and 8 (γ) glucose units. In an effort to identify the structural factors contributing to the evoluti...

Implementation of Human-centred Design methods in the Fuzzy FrontEnd is not likely to lead to diversification in educational product planning exercises, where time lines are short and executors lack experience. Companies, interested to collaborate with M.Sc. students on strategic design projects, should have realistic ambitions with respect to innovation and value creation. Moreover, diversific...