In this paper, we present a group pattern mining approach to derive the grouping information of mobile device users based on a trajectory model. Group patterns of users are determined by distance threshold and minimum time duration. A trajectory model of user movement is adopted to save storage space and to cope with untracked or disconnected location data. To discover group patterns, we propos...

Retailers need to decide on the content and structure of their product assortments, and thereby on the degree of variety that they offer to their customers. This paper compares measures of assortment variety and relates them to underlying variety components. We conceptualize assortment variety from a product and an attribute perspective, compare extant measures of assortment variety, and examin...

In the past ten years, increasing customer awareness of environmental sustainability has driven development green products. As initiator product development, this situation can challenge designers. Since customers may have varied expectations and preferences for products, it depends on attributes embedded in cultural value influences. natural behavior setting, been proven to influence literatur...

According to the literature, the two key factors that govern consumers’ adoption of innovative products are perceived product attributes and consumer traits. An IT product, iPad, is considered in a case study of how consumer innovativeness and new product attributes affect consumers’ intentions to adopt. The investigation also discusses the effect of consumer innovativeness on the relationship ...

The unit values of US manufacturing imports vary widely within very narrowly defined products. In cross-section, unit values are higher for varieties exported by capital and skill abundant countries, and they increase with the capital intensity of exporters’ production techniques. Over time, the same products increasingly are sourced from more disparate countries. These facts reject ‘old’ trade...

quince fruit has many benefits to human health and is an excellent source of pectin for jellies and jam industry. the objective of the present research was to study fruit physio-chemical attributes of some quince genotypes at harvest and their changes during cold storage. the fruit of 15 genotypes were harvested at optimum maturity and stored for 0, 30, 60, 90 and 120 days in cold storage and s...