The traveling mode and consumption preferences of Chinese tourists are undergoing profound changes with more opting for sightseeing tours to enjoying a wider variety of sightseeing and leisure vacations. Especially after Covid-19 pandemic, “road Trip” or “self-driving tour” were selected by ...

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Written evidence submitted by Dr Hayleigh Bosher to the DCMS Select Committee Inquiry: Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and the blockchain.

Written evidence submitted by Professor Mark Perry, Dr Giuseppe Destefanis and Dr Rumyana Neykova to the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee for the inquiry on Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and the blockchain, 21 February 2023. All written evidence is submitted in a&#x...

Drawing from engineering systems and control theory, we introduce a framework to understand repository stability, which is a repository activity capacity to return to equilibrium following disturbances - such as a sudden influx of bug reports, key contributor departures, or a spike in&#...

In online auctions, fraudulent behaviours such as shill bidding pose significant risks. This paper presents a conceptual framework that applies dynamic, behaviour-based penalties to deter auction fraud using blockchain smart contracts. Unlike traditional post-auction detection methods, this approach preven...

The rise of smart contracts has expanded blockchain's capabilities, enabling the development of innovative decentralized applications (dApps). However, this advancement brings its own challenges, including the management of distributed architectures and immutable data. Addressing these complexities requires ...

We analyze developer activity across 10 major Ethereum repositories (totaling 129884 commits, 40550 issues) spanning 10 years to examine how events such as technical upgrades, market events, and community decisions impact development. Through statistical, survival, and network analyses, we find t...

We present the implementation of a novel economic model predictive control (E-MPC) strategy for froth flotation, the largest tonnage mineral separation process. A previously calibrated and validated dynamic model incorporating froth physics was used, which overcomes the limitations of previous si...