This paper presents results of a project, funded by the British Academy, on perceptions of SEA effectiveness in two countries with formal SEA requirements, but with very different planning and decision-making traditions: the UK and China. Similarities and differences are described, based on a...

We propose two methods for constructing a new type of design, called a nested orthogonal array-based Latin hypercube design, intended for multi-fidelity computer experiments. Such designs are two nested space-filling designs in which the large design achieves stratification in both bivariate and...

For in-cylinder fuel mixture distribution measurement, a method for designing a multi-component fuel for planar laser-induced fluorescence (PLIF) experiments is developed based on thermal gravity analysis and vapor-liquid equilibrium calculation. The goal is to create fuel that has a volatility...

In this paper, we study a buyer׳s configuration of flexibility strategies under supply uncertainty. His main supplier׳s production process is uncertain, and he can either choose pricing flexibility (setting prices depending on the available supply) or operational flexibility (requesting a...

We study a supply chain with a manufacturer and two different suppliers. One supplier is a big company abroad, who is prime and offers high quality modules with long lead time. The other supplier is a small local company, taken as the urgent supplier by the manufacturer, who can produce modules...

We investigate a contract setting problem faced by a manufacturer who can procure major modules from an overseas supplier, as well as a local supplier. The overseas supplier is prime and offers quality products, whereas the local supplier is viewed only as a backup, and its products are inferior...

We study the management problems of production and procurement in a decentralized supply chain consisting of one supplier (providing key component) and one manufacturer. The supplier's production yield is random, and the manufacturer's demand is stochastic. The manufacturer may purchase option...

Pasture lands in Inner Mongolia of China have been deteriorated severely by overgrazing and climate change in the past 30years. There is a plan to set up a solar irrigation system in Xilamuren area of the region to restore the pastures effectively. In order to design the solar irrigation system...

Solar photovoltaic (PV) pumping irrigation system has become a widely applied solar energy technology over the past decades, in which the pump is driven by electricity produced by solar energy and lifts groundwater or surface water to irrigate the crop or grassland for agriculture. Qinghai...

This paper advocates a modification of the impact-based approach to strategic environmental assessment (SEA) which seems unable to address institutional weaknesses in most conventional SEA cases in China. It identifies a possible alternative approach, i.e. an impact-centred SEA with...