The Complexity and Simulation of Revenue Sharing Negotiation Based on Construction Stakeholders by Qingfeng Meng, Jingxian Chen, Kun Qian

“…If contractors’ sympathy preference is maintained within a moderate range, it will achieve a higher success rate of negotiations in the negotiation process; the success rate of negotiation is affected largely by the agents’ sympathy preference, though it is also influenced by the jealousy preference, but it is not very sensitive.…”
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Strategies for inclusive playgrounds: a case study from Japan by Jia Wang, Yasuyuki Hirai, Yunkyu Lee

“…Results show that the renewal strategy effectively meets the 12 inclusivity points and largely aligns with the preferences identified in the journey map analysis. …”
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An Automatic Web Service Composition Framework Using QoS-Based Web Service Ranking Algorithm by Deivamani Mallayya, Baskaran Ramachandran, Suganya Viswanathan

“…In this paper, a user preference based web service ranking (UPWSR) algorithm is proposed to rank web services based on user preferences and QoS aspect of the web service. …”
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Consumer Perceptions of Lawn Fertilizer Brands by Hayk Khachatryan, Alicia Rihn, Michael D. Dukes

“…It also discusses homeowners’ preferences for certain fertilizer attributes. Consumer awareness, selection, and attribute preferences indicate existing behavior, and understanding existing behavior assists in the development of effective marketing programs, promotional strategies, and policies. …”
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Exploring Men’s Experiences of Engagement With General Practice: A Qualitative Study by Ruth Mursa, Christopher Patterson, Gemma McErlean, Elizabeth Halcomb

“…“Interpersonal communication” addressed preferences for direct and authentic communication. …”
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Transboundary Water Resources Conflict Analysis Using Graph Model for Conflict Resolution: A Case Study—Harirud River by Abdulsalam Amini, Hamidreza Jafari, Bahram Malekmohammadi, Touraj Nasrabadi

“…Then, each of the three countries’ possible options and preferences was defined according to the past and present state of the conflict as well as the possible states. …”
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Linking the life stages of fish into a habitat-ecological flow assessment scheme under climate change and human activities by Yiming Zhang, Wensheng Wang, Siyi Yu

“…Limited research has integrated fish habitats with swimming ability and ecological preferences of fish at various life stages to assess the impacts of climate change and human activities. …”
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Analysis and Recommendation of Outdoor Activities for Smart City Users Based on Real-Time Contextual Data by S. R. Mani Sekhar, D. M. Mushtaq Ahmed, G. M. Siddesh

“…This research attempts to provide personalized recommendations that are in line with users’ preferences, the state of the environment at the time, and other pertinent contextual factors by utilizing data from multiple sources, including IoT devices, mobile applications, and environmental sensors.…”
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Evidence that flocking behavior is rewarded by singing, flock mates, and mu opioid receptors in the nucleus accumbens. by Alyse N Maksimoski, Taviah A Levenson, Changjiu Zhao, Lauren V Riters

“…European starlings, Sturnus vulgaris, develop strong conditioned place preferences for places associated with the production of song in flocks outside the breeding season (gregarious song) and singers are motivated to rejoin the flock following removal. …”
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Pre-Service Physical Education Teachers’ Acceptance of Mobile Learning Tools and Attitude Levels for Mobile Learning by Kıvanç Semiz, Ferhat Buyukkalkan

“…With the opportunities provided by technology, students can offer differentiated learning activities according to their learning needs, preferences, and styles. In contrast, students can personalize their technological tools with the application and content they want and participate in this process in line with their learning preferences. …”
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Cross-Brand Machine Learning of Coffee’s Temporal Liking from Temporal Dominance of Sensations Curves by Hiroharu Natsume, Shogo Okamoto

“…The temporal dominance of sensations (TDS) method captures assessors’ real-time sensory experiences during food tasting, while the temporal liking (TL) method evaluates dynamic changes in food preferences or perceived deliciousness. These sensory evaluation tools are essential for understanding consumer preferences but are also resource-intensive processes in the food development cycle. …”
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EFFECTS OF NOSTALGIA PRONENESS ON CONSUMER-BASED BRAND EQUITY: A CASE STUDY ON THE EASTERN EXPRESS by Alpaslan Yüce, Çağlar Samsa, Kamile Meriç

“…Nostalgia proneness is very important in consumer preferences; it isseen that consumers who have nostalgia proneness reflect these characteristicsto their product and service preferences. …”
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In-Service Teacher Professional Development: Challenges and Opportunities for Innovating the Trichronous Modality of Delivery in Vietnam’s EFL Education by Tuyen Van Nguyen, Helena Sit

“…The main findings include their current ICT competence levels and preferences for instructional design regarding diverse modalities of delivery. …”
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Farmers’ Willingness to Pay a High Premium for Different Types of Agricultural Insurance: Evidence from Inner Mongolia, China by Xinya Guo, Yuanfeng Zhao, Muhammad Umer Arshad, Yufei Gong

“…This study focuses on farmers’ preferences toward the insurance of corn crop, one of China’s largest grain crop productions. …”
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Available and unavailable decoys in capuchin monkeys (Sapajus spp.) decision-making by Marco Marini, Edoardo Colaiuda, Serena Gastaldi, Elsa Addessi, Fabio Paglieri

“…After controlling for the subjective strength of initial preferences and the distance of each decoy from its target in attribute space, results demonstrate a systematic shift in capuchins’ preference towards the target of both asymmetrically dominated decoys (whether they are available or not) and phantom decoys, regardless of what options is being targeted by such decoys. …”
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Research on Solving Path of Negative Effect of “Information Cocoon Room” in Emergency by Wei Liu, Wei Zhou

“…The study shows that information ontology, information technology, government regulation, and social networks have significant effects on the information cocoon effect by influencing the reinforcement of public information preferences. Among them, government regulation (P = 0.34) has the most significant effect on the reinforcement of public information preferences, followed by information ontology (P = 0.32) and social networks (P = 0.31), and information technology (P = 0.29) has the weakest effect. …”
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Rotational Flocking with Spontaneous Directional Changes by Xiaolu Liu, Guanbo Shao, Yudong Tang, Duxin Chen

“…Revealing the underlying decision-making strategy governing the high-group polarization accompanied by conflicting individual preferences may play a central part in the lives of social animals. …”
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Ethnocentrism, Trust, and the Willingness to Pay of Chinese Consumers for Organic Labels from Different Countries and Certifiers by Shijiu Yin, Fei Han, Yiqin Wang, Wuyang Hu, Shanshan Lv

“…Although numerous studies have examined consumer preference for organic foods, few have focused on consumer willingness to pay (WTP) for organic labels from dissimilar countries or certifiers. …”
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Spatial Intelligence in E-Commerce: Integrating Mobile Agents with GISs for a Dynamic Recommendation System by Mohamed Shili, Salah Hammedi, Mahmoud Elkhodr

“…By utilizing the OpenStreetMap API for geographic mapping and the Java Agent Development Environment (JADE) platform for mobile agents, the system leverages both geospatial data and customer preferences to offer highly relevant product suggestions based on location and behaviour. …”
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Samorządy dużych polskich miast wobec recentralizacji – postawy i ich uwarunkowania. Studium okresu 2015–2023 by Wirginia Aksztejn, Łukasz Mikuła, Marta Lackowska

“…The independent variables were the city’s size and wealth, the city mayor’s political affiliation, and the local electorate’s political preferences. The study showed that the city’s size and its citizens’ political preferences are the factors most strongly associated with the tendency to engage in conflictual behaviour towards government policies.…”
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