The authors present an approach to classify a brand’s buyers into groups with varying degrees of loyalty along a continuum from “hard-core loyal” to “hard-core switcher.” A classification scheme is developed based on the joint use of stated consideration set and brand switching data. The resulting loyalty taxonomy yields five mutually exclusive segments: Hard-Core Loyal (HCL), Soft Loyal (SL), ...

We show that a category of one-dimensional XY-type models may enable high-fidelity quantum state transmissions, regardless of details of coupling configurations. This observation leads to a fault-tolerant design of a state transmission setup. The setup is fault-tolerant, with specified thresholds, against engineering failures of coupling configurations, fabrication imperfections or defects, and...

In this paper, we quantitatively compare two different time-predictable multicore cache architectures, separate and statically-partitioned caches, through extensive simulation. Current research trends primarily focus on partitioned-cache architectures in order to achieve time predictability for hard real-time multicore based systems, and our experiments reveal that separate caches actually lead...

In this paper, we present a simple bare-bones solution of a Zero-Knowledge authentication protocol which uses non-commutative algebra and a variation of the generalized symmetric decomposition problem (GSDP) as a one-way function. The cryptographic security is assured as long the GSDP problem is computationally hard to solve in non-commutative algebraic structures and belongs currently to the P...

Much of this uncertainty stems from not comparing “apples to apples,” in terms of the type of lasers utilized and the way that studies are designed. Certain lasers are used specifically for soft tissue treatment. These include the CO2, Nd:YAG, and diode lasers. Others can be used for both soft and hard tissue applications. These are the Er:YAG and Er, Cr:YSGG lasers. They must be compared withi...