Because inventory systems are managed or heavily influenced by decision makers, understanding human behaviors in inventory management has become an important research topic. Based on newsvendor decisions, in the literature, it has been argued that a few methods (e.g., ex-post inventory error,...

We introduce a novel quantitative methodology to detect real estate bubbles and forecast their critical end time, which we apply to the housing markets of China's major cities. Building on the Log-Periodic Power Law Singular (LPPLS) model of self-reinforcing feedback loops, we use the quantile...

Chapter 1 System Science -- Chapter 2 Decision-Making Methods -- Chapter 3 Prediction Methods -- Chapter 4 Evaluation Methods -- Chapter 5 Optimization Algorithm -- Chapter 6 System Reliability -- Chapter 7 Game Theory -- Chapter 8 Management Simulation -- Chapter 9 Complexity Science.-Chapter...

We examine whether product advertising provides value-relevant information that enables financial analysts to make better earnings and sales forecasts. Our analysis reveals that a firm’s product advertising intensity is positively related to the informativeness and accuracy of analyst...