... of consumer demand in the rural areas of China. Findings The findings show the indicator that the income elasticity of consumer demand in the rural areas of China is quite large at present, but most sub‐categories of the indicators show a declining trend in the future. Practical implications The paper...

... Publishing Limited 2012 Grey systems China Medicines Hospitals General hospitals Chinese medicine Grey relational analysis In the general hospital, Chinese medicine is as important as Western medicine. We should adhere to Chinese and Western medicine complementing each other, providing...

... of the aviation industry in the future. Originality/value In this paper, the high technology aviation industry, which now plays a strategic industrial role in China, is systematically studied by using a new methodology based on grey systems. Additionally, a subjective weighting sequence model founded upon...

... for analysis, and recognizes active fault rupture situation. China Dams Water retention and flow works Reservoirs Stress (materials) Grey systems Live fault rupture Identification Evaluation Grey statistics Three Gorges project Grey statistical model analysis is a very important method...

... province for agriculture and grain production in China, Henan province plays an important role in China's economic development and social progress. Its grain production's fluctuation can inevitably influence the national grain security and even cause economic and social fluctuation. Therefore, the grain...

... flow and precipitation (i.e. hydraulic response time) and simulate karst spring discharge in Liulin Springs Basin, China. Findings The results show that the time lags of Lishi, Zhongyang, and Fangshan are three, five, and eight, respectively. By considering the time lags, we set up the grey system...