Identifying critical soil loss-prone areas is necessary to better control soil loss in the Xiangxi watershed, the river basin nearest the Three Gorges Dam. A crucial element of this scheme is the development of a risk assessment model that can identify critical potential soil loss areas for land...

From 1978 to 2004, China's GDP growth rate has been 9.4% annually. In 2005, China's GDP growth rate was 9.9%, which at $2,278 billion currently is ranked number four in the world. This paper discusses the significance of transforming research findings in data mining and knowledge management...

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In this paper, we first discuss the space frame of multidimensional dynamic credit evaluation (MDCE) theoretically, and then propose the conception of identical credit status and pseudo-identical credit status. Taking advantage of space conformational analysis and optimization techniques, a...

Nowadays, valuation and measurement of knowledge assets has become a challenging problem for many organisations. This paper first introduces the concept of knowledge assets and presents some evaluation models of knowledge assets. Then, based on the methodology of the balanced scorecard, this...

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The research topics of the 39 papers published in the International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making (IT&DM) in 2009 can be classified into three major directions: decision support, multiple criteria decision making, and data mining and risk analysis. The Editor-in-Chief, on...