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Vision‐Assisted Avocado Harvesting with Aerial Bimanual Manipulation

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This work outlines the design and implementation of a bimanual aerial robot that employs visual perception and learning to detect, reach, and harvest avocados. A new gripper and fixer arm assembly is used to harvest avocados, while visual perception enables the detection of avocados and estimation of their position and orientation for determining ...
Zhichao Liu, Jingzong Zhou, Caio Mucchiani, Konstantinos Karydis   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

APPROACHES TO ASSESSING FACTORS OF CONSUMER BEHAVIOR

Статистика и экономика, 2018
To improve the efficiency of management of socio-economic systems at any level, it is necessary to conduct a permanent comprehensive analysis of the social well-being of the population.
I. P. Lapteva, L. N. Trusova, E. N. Grishina   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Predictive Power of the Index of Consumer Sentiment [PDF]

consumer sentiment, predictive power, index of consumer sentiment ...
E. Philip Howrey
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Measuring Determinants of Investor Confidence through Time: A Regression Analysis [PDF]

, 2013
This project explores variables that may affect investor confidence in the stock market. Understanding what drives investor confidence in markets can be useful for both institutions and individuals when considering how to react to and cope with the ...
Yox, Paul
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Factors Driving Battery and Solar Purchase Decision of Residents: a Behavioural Choice Experiment Using a Hybrid Discrete Choice and Latent Variable Model

Advanced Sustainable Systems, EarlyView.
This article explores what drives households to adopt solar PV and battery systems in South East Queensland. Using hybrid discrete choice experiments, it reveals distinct adopter profiles and highlights cost, system size, and energy independence as key motivators.
Mohammad Alipour, Elnaz Irannezhad, Rodney A. Stewart, Oz Sahin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Portuguese consumer sentiment index toward marketing-mix in crisis context

Tourism & Management Studies, 2013
The purpose of this research is to better understand the behaviour of the Portuguese consumer sentiment index toward marketing-mix in a crisis context.
Paula Odete Fernandes, Rui Esteves Pimenta   +1 more
doaj  

The impact of economic sentiment on European stock markets

Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review
Objective: This article aims to analyse the impact of sentiment indicators reflecting the condition of major economies on the returns and volatility of European developed, emerging, and frontier stock markets.
Anna Czapkiewicz, Agnieszka Choczyńska, Artur Machno   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Consumer Sentiment Index, April 2018 [PDF]

, 2018
The Consumer Sentiment Index in April fell to 104.0 from 108.1 in March. On an annual basis, the Consumer Sentiment Index (Chart 1) rose by 2.0 index points.
Author, No
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Techno‐Economic Analysis of Polylactic Acid from Corn Stover: Understanding Uncertainty and Variability via Artificial Intelligence Tools

Advanced Sustainable Systems, EarlyView.
This study analyses the uncertainty and variability existing in the economic performance of polylactic acid (PLA) production, via integrating techno‐economic analysis with process models and Monte Carlo simulation enabled by artificial intelligence. The results show that the minimum selling price varies from $2,107 to $3076/t PLA.
Yinqiao Wang, Jiawei Huang, Chuan Xu, Sipan Liu, Junwei Li, Kai Lan   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Constructing Consumer Sentiment Index for U.S. Using Google Searches [PDF]

We construct a consumer sentiment index for the U.S. using the popularity trends of selected Google searches. The final index consists of four components and is highly correlated with the Index of Consumer Sentiment from the University of Michigan and ...
Della Penna, Nicolas, Huang, Haifang
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