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No App, No Entry: Conceptualizing Digital Technology Captivity in Service Access

open access: yesPsychology &Marketing, Volume 43, Issue 5, Page 974-985, May 2026.
ABSTRACT We introduce Digital Technology Captivity (DTC), a form of consumer vulnerability that arises when digital technologies become the mandatory gateway to essential services. When access is tied to systems that feel unfamiliar, complex, or intimidating—and when preferred alternatives are limited—consumers may experience heightened vulnerability ...
Carolyn Wilson‐Nash   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Blockchain‐Less Traceability System for Agriculture Using DAG, IPFS, and Serverless Deployments

open access: yesInternational Journal of Network Management, Volume 36, Issue 3, May/June 2026.
ABSTRACT Ensuring transparency and integrity in agricultural data management is a critical challenge as the sector increasingly relies on advanced technologies. The primary problem is maintaining data traceability and security throughout the supply chain.
Antonio Villafranca   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial Queueing Processes

Mathematics of Operations Research, 1999
This study introduces a spatial queueing model for stochastic service systems in which customers or units move about and receive services in a region or a general space. The state of the system at any time is a point process that describes the numbers of units in subsets of the space, and the point process evolves over time as a Markov process.
Huang, Xiaotao, Serfozo, Richard F.
openaire   +2 more sources

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