J. Mula CIGIP (Research Centre on Production Management and Engineering) Polytechnic University of Valencia Plaza Ferrándiz y Carbonell, 2 03801 Alcoy (Alicante) fmula@cigip.upv.es R. Poler CIGIP (Research Centre on Production Management and Engineering) Polytechnic University of Valencia Plaza Ferrándiz y Carbonell, 2 03801 Alcoy (Alicante) rpoler@cigip.upv.es J.P. García-Sabater CIGIP (Resear...

This article focuses on a new learning environment called Minerva Plaza that was opened in 2012 at the Faculty of Behavioural Sciences at the University of Helsinki. The purpose of the study is to find out how the new space has been used and received by the students, teachers and visitors, and to form a good overall picture of the strengths and weaknesses of the space as a technology-rich learn...

Consumer search is clearly costly, but is also tiring. We characterize the intertemporal effects that search fatigue has on oligopoly prices, product proliferation, and consumer assistance (i.e., advice). These effects vary based on whether search is all-or-nothing, fixed sample, or sequential in nature. We perform welfare analysis and highlight the novel empirical implications that our analysi...

In this paper, the influence of fan-shaped buffer zone on the performance of the toll plaza is researched. A two-dimensional traffic flow model and a comprehensive evaluation model based on mechanical model and psychological field are established. The traffic flow model is simulated by creating coordinate system. We first establish queue theory model to analyze vehicles when entering toll plaza...