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A cost analysis of single-server discouraged arrivals with differentiated vacation queueing model
Croatian Operational Research ReviewThis paper investigates an M/M/1 queueing system with differentiated vacations and discouraged arrivals, focusing on two types of vacations. The server switches to type I vacation with rate γ1 when the system is empty during an active state.
Srinivasan Keerthana +2 more
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, 2018 The purpose of this study was to identify Australian students’ activity preferences, perceived physical risk and interest in Japan as a vacation destination. Based on a sample of 422 Australian students, five activity factors were determined.
Rundle-Thiele, SR +2 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract The vegetable market experiences significant price fluctuations due to the complex interplay of trend, cyclical, seasonal, and irregular factors. This study takes Korean green onions as an example and employs the Christiano–Fitzgerald filter and the CensusX‐13 seasonal adjustment methods to decompose its price into four components: trend ...
Yiyang Qiao, Byeong‐il Ahn
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract This study examines producer participation choices considering a variety of potential benefits linked to state‐sponsored marketing programs, using a real choice dataset of farmers in Missouri. Multinomial logit models are employed to predict determinants of farmer enrollment in three tiers of the Missouri Grown local food marketing program ...
Lan Tran, Ye Su, Laura McCann
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Diacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea, 2018 Holidays involve the «suspension» of usual routines. In the Early 1950s, when leisure vacation was confined to a small minority, traveling abroad to a «club de vacances» was an elitist habit in two different ways: to a large majority, it meant belonging ...
Bertrand Réau est Professeur du Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Titulaire de la Chaire Tourisme, voyages et loisirs et chercheur au Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Sociologie Economique (CNRS). Ses travaux récents portent sur les pratiques touristiques et les usages sociaux du temps, les enjeux de la globalisation de la science, les rapports entre tourisme et ethnicité en Asie du Sud-Est. Il est notamment co-auteur, avec Saskia Cousin, de Sociologie du tourisme (Paris, La Découverte, 2016) et, avec François Denord, de La sociologie de Charles Wright Mills (Paris, La Découverte, 2014), et l’auteur de Les Français et les vacances. Sociologie de l’offre et des pratiques de loisirs (Paris, CNRS, 2011).
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how consumer taste and brand equity perceptions shape the acceptance of plant‐based milk products. Using a blind/informed tasting experiment, we evaluated consumers' willingness to buy (WTB) and taste perception of a plant‐based milk alternative produced by a traditional dairy brand, compared with competing plant‐based ...
Federico Parmiggiani +6 more
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Assessing the Impact of Promotions on Consumer Purchasing Behavior During Crises
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Understanding how households modify their food expenditure decisions during times of crisis is essential because consumer purchasing behavior frequently changes during these times. This study looks at these behavioral shifts during the COVID‐19 pandemic, concentrating on how price sensitivity and response to sales promotions changed over the ...
Wafa Mehaba, José María Gil
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Regional Disparities in Case Volumes and Surgeon Distribution in Gastroenterological Surgery
Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Regional disparities in surgical resources may influence the delivery and sustainability of gastroenterological surgery, particularly in countries experiencing rapid population aging and depopulation. Methods This nationwide cross‐sectional study used data from the Japanese National Clinical Database to examine temporal trends (2013–
Hiroshi Hasegawa +30 more
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Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.Several simulation techniques are used to explore static and dynamic behavior in polyanion sodium cathode materials. The study reveals that universal machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) struggle with system‐specific chemistry, emphasizing the need for tailored datasets.
Martin Hoffmann Petersen +5 more
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Restricting Ownership of Vacation Homes
, 2004 One way to enjoy or consume the countryside is through a week's vacation in a cottage or vacation home. The consumer may be the owner of the vacation home or may rent it.
Skak, Morten, Morten Skak
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