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Optimal Accelerated Life Testing Design Under Constrained Resources Using Double Deep Q‐Learning

Quality and Reliability Engineering International, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Accelerated life tests (ALTs) are essential tools for estimating product reliability under high‐stress conditions, allowing failure data to be collected in reduced timeframes. However, planning effective ALT configurations is a complex task that requires selecting stress levels, test durations, and unit allocations while accounting for limited
Allan Jonathan da Silva, Carlos A. A. Gomes, Lucas R. de Souza, Rhenan S. dos Santos   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deep Reinforcement Learning‐Based Control for Real‐Time Hybrid Simulation of Civil Structures

International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Real‐time Hybrid Simulation (RTHS) is a cyber‐physical technique that studies the dynamic behavior of a system by combining physical and numerical components that are coupled through a boundary condition enforcer. In structural engineering, the numerical components are subjected to environmental loads that become dynamic displacements of the ...
Andrés Felipe Niño, Alejandro Palacio‐Betancur, Piedad Miranda‐Chiquito, Juan David Amaya, Christian E. Silva, Mariantonieta Gutierrez Soto, Luis Felipe Giraldo   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Towards Sustainable Consumption: The Influence of Contextual Factors on Consumers' Purchase Intentions for Biodegradable Plastic Products

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biodegradable plastic products offer a promising approach to mitigating the environmental impacts of conventional plastics. This study integrates trust, attitude, and stimulus‐organism‐response theory to elucidate the influence of contextual factors (infrastructure, economic incentives, biodegradable labels, and publicity and education) on ...
Ke Zeng, Takehiko Murayama, Shigeo Nishikizawa, Kultip Suwanteep   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Obesity and Hyperbolic Discounting: An Experimental Analysis [PDF]

Behavioral economists maintain that addictions such as alcoholism, smoking and over-eating represent examples of present-bias in decision making that is fundamentally irrational.
Hamilton, Stephen F., Pofahl, Geoffrey M., Richards, Timothy J.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Determinants of Circular Economy Participation Among Gen Z in a Sun‐and‐Beach Destination: A Theory of Planned Behavior Approach

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using the Theory of Planned Behavior, this study examines the determinants influencing Generation Z in adopting circular practices when traveling as tourists, focusing on 300 respondents from Majorca. Employing a PLS‐SEM framework, the research evaluates the influence of TPB factors on circular economy participation and investigates the impact
Marta Jacob, Ana Domínguez‐Quintero, Carmen Florido, Margarita Payeras   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Public Goods and Optimal Paternalism under Present-Biased Preferences [PDF]

This paper deals with the optimal provision of a state-variable public good in a two-type model, when the consumers have present-biased preferences due to quasi-hyperbolic discounting.
Aronsson, Thomas, Granlund, David
core   +1 more source

Reducing Trade‐Offs of Net Zero Carbon Transitions Through Entrepreneurship and Coordinated Innovation: A Spatially Disaggregated Analysis Across Countries and World Regions

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Transition processes towards a sustainable future benefit from historic perspectives, since feasible changes of socio‐technological conditions and processes depend on a holistic assessment of how actors are embedded in existing institutions, routines, and structures. Building on the Income–Population–Affluence–Technology equation and utilizing
Jessica Kluge, Marcus Wagner
wiley   +1 more source

Upfront payments to venture‐backed startups in technology alliances: Bargaining effects of VC affiliations

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Upfront payments are important financial resources startups seek to negotiate in technology alliances. This study unpacks how venture‐backed startups can benefit from their VC affiliations and obtain better payments. We develop a bargaining framework and argue that VCs can strengthen venture‐backed startups' hand in alliance ...
Ramakrishna Devarakonda, Shivaram Devarakonda, Jeffrey J. Reuer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evolution as Learning Yields Hyperbolic Discounting [PDF]

Learning is modeled as an infection, which jumps from person to person. The rate of infection mimics individual discount rates and induces savings behavior on its own.
James Woods
core  

When should firms watch for cross‐industry competition? A demand‐side perspective

Strategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Research on competitor identification has primarily focused on intra‐industry competition. However, cross‐industry competitive threats are prevalent and consequential. We adopt a consumer‐oriented perspective to examine how consumer perceptions shape de facto competition across industry boundaries.
Ying Li, Samira Reis, Olga M. Khessina
wiley   +1 more source