In practical situations, distribution network loads are the mixtures of residential, industrial, and commercial types. This paper presents a hybrid optimization algorithm for the optimal placement of shunt capacitor banks in radial distribution networks in the presence of different voltage-dependent load models. The algorithm is based on the combination of Genetic Algorithm (GA) and Binary Part...

The Purpose of this study is to evaluate the difference between customer preferences and attitudes Islamic Bank in Ex-Banyumas residency Central Java, Indonesia. It also evaluates most considers attributes choosing an bank. Accidental sampling used with a total respondents as 100. To observe preferences, scoring method Chi-Square analysis are applied, meanwhile, Fishbein’s Attitude model discov...

Customer retention has become a Herculean task in today's turbulent business environment. The situation often been compared with bucket which water is being filled but the problem that got hole bottom, thus although getting filled, percolating out as well. condition even more difficult service sector, where main driver of customer retention, quality hard to define and measure. India witnessed m...

The customers ’preference is derived from reflection on a product or special commercial brand, and factors such as positive appraisal of a brand performance and holding advantages and being unique, establishes the preference. This study aimed to develop a model of female customers' preferences in selecting banks and to train senior managers and banking staff. It had an applied objective, adopte...

Individual targeting, a marketing strategy that firms target individual consumers with tailored offers, is currently a widespread practice. Customer data intermediaries (CDIs) have emerged recently to help firms learn their prospective customers and launch their target marketing campaigns. This paper uses a common-value auction framework to study how a CDI designs and differentiates its informa...

Banking all over the world is moving in a new direction, as the memories of global financial crisis are gradually fading. In India, a new phase of the banking expansion is on the anvil and the reserve Bank of India has already announced license for the setting up of new banks, with many more likely to come in the near future. But the expansion of banking network is also fraught with risks as it...

We consider a situation in which a group of banks consider connecting their Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) in a network, so that the banks’ customers may use ATMs of any bank in the network. The problem studied is that of allocating the total transaction costs arising in the network, among the participating banks. The situation is modeled as a cooperative game with transferable utility. We pr...

The establishment of multi-currency cross-border payment arrangements between Hong Kong and the Mainland on 16 March 2009 marked an important step in strengthening co-operation on the development of the two economies’ financial infrastructure. The arrangements enable banks in both economies to make cross-border payments more efficiently with reduced settlement risks and costs. This article desc...