Tennis superstars: The relationship between star status and demand for tickets

Akin to other sports, professional tennis is urged to adopt a consumer-centred strategy and understand the influence of the star status of elite players on demand for its core product. Measuring the impact that tennis players have on demand for match attendance remains a key element towards achieving that goal. Using data from the Australian Open ticket sales, the authors demonstrate how individual players have influenced stadium attendance at the Grand Slam. Findings indicate that some players are associated with a strong positive impact on demand for tickets, above and beyond their performance ratings, reflecting their value to the Australian Open. The authors discuss how this star status can be used to inform business decisions related to tournament management, match scheduling, and determining player appearance fees, to ultimately drive better commercial outcomes and deliver a world-class sporting event. The findings have implications for tournament organisers, player managers and those that market player activities.     

基于局部信息相似性的学科引证知识扩散动态链路预测研究

在知识经济时代,学科知识的传播与扩散促进了学科的协同、交叉、融合、发展与创新。文章利用复杂网络算法对学科引证知识扩散时序演化网络进行动态链路预测分析,以期探索学科知识流动结构变化及演进态势,为学科知识管理及决策制定提供可资借鉴的理论和实践参考。文章以学科引证知识扩散时序演化网络结构信息为基础,采用10项基于局部信息的相似性指标分别对无权和加权知识扩散网络进行动态链路预测分析,并将各指标的预测性能进行了对比。最后,利用无权RA指标和加权AA指标对学科引证知识扩散态势进行了预测。研究表明:不同指标的预测精度在不同的时间段内会动态变化;在学科引证知识扩散网络中,存在一定程度的弱连接效应;不同链路预测指标在无权和加权学科引证知识扩散网络中的适用性存在一定差异。     

信息服务机构经营决策模式分析

分析了信息服务机构的经营目标、信息服务机构的内部优势和信息服务机构所处的信息环境，提出了信息服务机构经营决策由上述三种作用力共同决定的三维分析模型。     

混沌时间序列单变量和多变量重构的预测比较

提出了多变量混沌时间序列相空间延迟重构中延迟时间间隔和嵌入维数的选取方法，给出了多变量混沌时间序列的局部平均预测法，局部线性预测法和BP神经网络预测法等3种非线性预测方法．通过Lorenz系统的仿真计算表明，无论用3种非线性预测方法中的哪一种，多变量混沌时间序列要比单变量混沌时间序列的预测误差小得多，即使前的数据长度只有后的一半，前的预测误差也要小很多．另外从预测误差最小的角度验证了多变量混沌时间序列相空间延迟重构中延迟时间间隔和嵌入维数选取方法的有效性．     

Non-Rigid Medical Image Registration with Joint Histogram Estimation Based on Mutual Information

A mutual information-based non-rigid medical image registration algorithm is presented. An approximate function of Hanning windowed sinc is used as kernel function of partial volume (PV) interpolation to estimate the joint histogram, which is the key to calculating the mutual information. And a new method is proposed to compute the gradient of mutual information with respect to the model parameters. The transformation of object is modeled by a free-form deformation (FFD) based on B-splines. The experiments on 3D synthetic and real image data show that the algorithm can converge at the global optimum and restrain the emergency of local extreme.     

数据场体视化方法综述

数据场体视化使人们可以从一幅图象里感受到数据整体的信息．本文研究了大量体视化方面文献后,总结了体视化的研究方法,并提出了当前的研究热点及今后的研究方向．     

基于卡尔曼滤波的PS-InSAR地表形变预测方法

PS-InSAR是用于监测大范围地表形变的微波遥感技术,可提供精确地表形变信息,但该技术无法对形变趋势进行预测。现有形变预测方法只能预测少数监测点的形变,不适用于大面积预测。针对这些问题,提出一种基于卡尔曼滤波的PS-InSAR地表形变预测方法。结合PS-InSAR方法的技术流程,从理论上推导设计卡尔曼滤波器,通过真实的多时相SAR数据对该方法进行验证。实验结果表明,该算法可充分利用PS-InSAR形变监测信息,有效预测大面积观测区域的形变趋势。     

Quiet eye training aids the long-term learning of throwing and catching in children: Preliminary evidence for a predictive control strategy

Abstract

Quiet eye training (QET) may be a more effective method for teaching children to catch than traditional training (TT) methods, but it is unclear if the benefits accrued persist in the long term. Thirty children were randomly allocated into a QET or TT group and, while wearing a mobile eye tracker, underwent baseline testing, training and two retention tests over a period of eight weeks, using a validated throw and catch task. During training, movement-related information was provided to both groups, while the QET group received additional instruction to increase the duration of their targeting fixation (QE1) on the wall prior to the throw, and pursuit tracking (QE2) period on the ball prior to catching. In both immediate (R1) and delayed (R2, six weeks later) retention tests, the QET group had a significantly longer QE1 duration and an earlier and longer QE2 duration, compared to the TT group, who revealed no improvements. A performance advantage was also found for the QET compared to the TT group at both R1 and R2, revealing the relatively robust nature of the visuomotor alterations. Regression analyses suggested that only the duration of QE1 predicted variance in catch success post-training, pointing to the importance of a pre-programming visuomotor strategy for successful throw and catch performance.     

河北省人口老龄化趋势预测及对策研究

运用Elman神经网络模型对2010—2050年河北省人口数进行预测,经过分析得出,河北省的人口老龄化具有以下几个特征:老年人口规模庞大,增长迅速;老龄化程度超前于河北省的经济发展水平,社会负担沉重;老年人口的高龄化趋势明显;老年人口的性别差异较大;老年人口的分布具有明显的差异性等。根据这些特征为河北省应对人口老龄化提供了一些对策建议。     

试论现代市场营销新观念

本文强调了关系营销的重要性及如何提供周到的服务使顾客有知觉性的控制,同时,认为“消费者至上”是一种落后的营销观念,企业除了满足消费者需求外,还应引导消费,通过开发新产品来创造需求,从而使企业获得长久发展的后劲。