Uncertainties are becoming more and more diverse around the world, and risks and impacts affecting the healthy development of cities are increasing. Fostering urban social resilience is not only a proactive countermeasure to growing external pressures and potential impacts, but also an important...

We propose a new ensemble classification algorithm, named super random subspace ensemble (Super RaSE), to tackle the sparse classification problem. The proposed algorithm is motivated by the random subspace ensemble algorithm (RaSE). The RaSE method was shown to be a flexible framework that can...

Performance evaluation for universities or research institutions has become a hot topic in recent years. However, the previous works rarely investigate the multiple departments’ performance of a university, and especially, none of them consider the non-homogeneity among the universities’...

Given the rapid development of China's new urbanization, cities with different locations and varying functional positioning, resource endowments, and development stages have insufficient scientific and applicable technical tools for implementing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals...

Cities are key to countries' strategies for achieving the UN's sustainable development goals (SDGs). In China, evaluating cities' sustainable development (CSD) processes and abilities requires establishing an indicator library for cities' sustainable development (ILCSD). Based on the SDG...

As China continues to develop its ecological civilization, it is crucial to quantitatively assess the ecological value to understand its potential impact on regional sustainable development. While previous studies have highlighted the importance of ecological value, they have not fully reflected...