Despite service supply chain is emerging as a new research hot topic, the systematical theoretical framework of service supply chain management still remains unexplored. The intent of this research is to examine the research progress of service supply chain management, address some key problems...

Background:Public health emergencies have a significant impact on the health of citizens, the local economy, and society as a whole. Currently, in many parts of China, there is a widespread lack of the knowledge and skills required for emergency preparedness and self-rescue. By carrying out...

China’s fourth constitutional amendment in 2004 consists of a series of significant revisions, such as the incorporation of Jiang Zemin’s ‘Three Represents’ and the commitment to respect and protect human rights and lawful private property. Like the previous three...

In this paper, we propose a queueing model to describe traffic breakdown phenomena caused by perturbations of on-ramp merging vehicles. In congested mainline traffic flow, we assume that a merging vehicle will trigger a jam queue formulation. If this jam queue cannot dissipate before the next...

In this paper, we consider a shipping system consisting of one carrier and two shipping forwarders who compete on price for businesses from potential shippers. The carrier may quote different prices or a single price to the two shipping forwarders who will then order shipping capacity from the...

Pentanol is a new generation bio-fuel that could help relieve the energy crisis and environmental problems. The objective of this study is to reveal the combustion and emission characteristics of pentanol in a single-cylinder direct-injection diesel engine. In the present investigation,...