Lehman Brothers' failure in 2008 demonstrated the importance of understanding interconnectedness in interbank networks. The interbank market plays a significant role in facilitating market liquidity and providing short-term funding for each other to smooth liquidity shortages. Knowing the...

The evolution of the convergence among the European countries, including both Eurozone as well as non-Eurozone economies, is investigated in this paper. To do so, we construct correlation-based networks and study them by employing the Threshold Weighted-Minimum Dominating Set (TW-MDS) algorithm...

Convective weather poses a major threat that compromises the safe operation of flights while inducing delay and cost. The aircraft trajectory optimization problem under thunderstorms is addressed, proposing a novel heuristic approach that incorporates uncertainties in the evolution of convective...

This study proposes hierarchical risk parity portfolios using a new correlation matrix and security selection. We suggest a global motion subtracted correlation matrix, which eliminates the global motion in the cross-correlation matrix. Also, we suggest utilizing the peripheral assets of a...

In a series of papers on incorporating quality considerations in the undergraduate microeconomic core, the analytics were based on graphical depiction and visual inspection of geometric areas to gauge market efficacy in response to quality related consumer preferences. This paper explores Excel...

Networks like those of healthcare infrastructure have been a primary target of cyberattacks for over a decade. From just a single cyberattack, a healthcare facility would expect to see millions of dollars in losses from legal fines, business interruption, and malpractice lawsuits. As more...