Utilizing data from 84 key Chinese higher education institutions, the present study attempts to examine the effectiveness of the Education Reform implemented in the mid-1980s in China. With focus on the research performance of the institutions, individual institution efficiency is computed by...

The concept of separability is closely related to aggregation. Previous studies on separability are important mainly for theoretical contributions, not for empirical results. This paper provides a theoretical justification for using the maximum capacity of a subset of inputs as an aggregate...

In this paper, we propose a set of two-stage robust optimization models to design reliable p-median facility location networks subject to disruptions. We analyze their structural properties, and implement the column-and-constraint generation method with customized enhancement strategies, which...

Pyrolysis of tert-butanol (2.77% tert-butanol in argon) in a laminar plug flow reactor was studied at low pressure and a temperature range of 950–1850 K. More than 20 pyrolysis species were identified by using synchrotron vacuum ultraviolet photoionization mass spectrometry (SVUV-PIMS); and...

The social science research performance of Chinese universities is examined using panel data. The universities are found to be very inefficient in general, with not much difference between regions. By far the largest single cause of universities' overall technical efficiency is pure technical...