An improved Grey Relational Analysis (GRA) is used to quantitatively investigate the impact of Jiangxi Province regional economy on local logistics demand. The grey characteristics of data from regional economy and logistics is studied, which shows GRA is applicable; then a multi-sequence GRA is proposed, which generates total 4 groups of grey relational sequence from three indices of industria...

Article history: Received 24 June 2010 Received in revised form 29 January 2011 Accepted 9 February 2011 Available online 13 February 2011

In view of the characteristics of multi-objective and uncertainty and complexity of the water resources allocation, the optimization of water resources allocation schemes can be regarded as a multi-objective grey relational decision-making procedure. This paper, integrating the grey relational decision-making method and the evidence theory, researches on the optimization method of allocation sc...

Based on the set of an indicator system and the grey relational analysis model, the regional technology innovation ability of China is evaluated. It shows that the regional technology innovation ability of China is improving gradually; the level of technology input and the environment of technology innovation are promoting the development of the technology innovation ability of China, the level...

This paper constructs a four factors theoretical model of Chinese small and medium enterprises based on the “cartoon characters’ reputation enterprise marketing and management capabilities – protection of the cartoon image institutional environment” by literature research, case studies and investigation. The empirical study show that the greatest impact on current merchandising rights income is...

The rapid development of agricultural modernization in Hubei province has an influence on cultivated land resources variations to a certain degree. This paper used grey relational analysis method,combined with Hubei province cultivated land area decreased data within the year covering 2000 to 2010 and agricultural modernization development index data, then analyzed the influence relationship be...

A method based on grey relational analysis and D-S theory of evidence is proposed for fuzzy soft sets in decision making. Firstly, grey relational analysis is used to calculate grey mean relational degrees and determine uncertain degrees of parameters. Then based on uncertain degrees, suitable mass functions of different independent alternatives with different parameters can be constructed. Nex...

This investigation proposes a grey-based Taguchi method to solve the multi-response problems. The grey-based Taguchi method is based on the Taguchi’s design of experimental method, and adopts grey relational analysis (GRA) to transfer multiresponse problems into single-response problems. In this investigation, an attempt has been made to optimize the drilling process parameters considering weig...

The research scope of grey relational analysis has not been developed in recent years, and the exiting GRA models are all based on three perspectives, including distance perspective, slope perspective, and area perspective. Under this situation, a novel model called grey relational analysis based on angle perspective (GRAAP) was developed in this paper for the first time, and this model can exp...