As a core karst region in Southwest China, Guanling County plays a crucial role in regional ecological governance. This study integrates the InVEST model, landscape pattern index analysis, and the MGWR spatial model to systematically explore the dyna...
The evaluation of habitat quality and its genesis is of great significance to ecological protection of the watershed. Based on land use data, Digital Elevation Model (DEM), and road network data and population data, the Cellular Automata (CA)-Markov...
Terrestrial ecosystems play an important role in carbon reduction and sequestration, and it is important to explore the carbon sequestration potential of terrestrial ecosystems under different land use scenarios to enhance the regional carbon storage...
With the rapid development of the social economy, human activities have had a severe impact on the environment. The global climate issue caused by CO2 emissions has attracted the attention of various countries around the world, and reducing CO2 emiss...
19 February 2022
With the rapid advancement of urbanization and industrialization, the contradiction between the social economy and resources and the environment has become increasingly prominent. On the basis of limited land resources, the way to promote multi-objec...
This study conducts a comparison of two ecosystem service models: the Water Supply Stress Index (WaSSI) and the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST). It focuses on each model’s capability to estimate annual water yi...
Climate change and land degradation menace ecosystem sustainability. This study assessed the effectiveness of integrating nature-based solutions (NBSs); soil and water conservation techniques, agroforestry, and reforestation, to mitigate these impact...
We present a new urban transit investment model, integrating transport economic theory regarding optimal investment with transport modeling, planning, and network design. The model expands on the theory of optimal transit network planning and investm...
Driven by the goal of “double carbon”, we propose an investment proportion optimization method based on cooperative game theory to optimize the investment of multiple entities and evaluate the effectiveness of the new power system. The as...
New modern investment models are created to be as close as possible to real investment conditions. We consider long-term as well as arbitrary duration models with payments of interest on debt and of tax on income a few times per year (semi-annually,...
Dual risk models are popular for modeling a venture capital or high-tech company, for which the running cost is deterministic and the profits arrive stochastically over time. Most of the existing literature on dual risk models concentrates on the opt...
Latin America has experienced a surge in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the last two decades, in parallel with the ratification of major regional trade agreements (RTAs) and bilateral investment treaties (BITs). This paper uses the latest develop...
The method of the social investing of the Arctic subsoil users is considered in this article. As the portfolio of social investments is formed based on the interests of indigenous peoples, the authors used expert assessment and sociological research...
Cultural and linguistic affinities have been studied in international business through the gravity model and economics of language. International investment theories enable the assessment of organisational, location, and internalisation motivations....
In light of electrical energy’s increasing role in economic systems worldwide, prioritizing investments in sustainable power supplies has become paramount. This study proposes a model based on cloud theory and game theory to evaluate sustainabl...
Sustainable investing is an investment approach in line with the values of sustainable development and compliance with environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) criteria. The aim of the article is to propose a sustainable investing model...
This study presents a practical and scalable framework for the mid- to long-term distribution network planning that reflects real-world infrastructure constraints and investment requirements. While traditional methods often rely on simplified network...
Simple hydrological models, such as the Seasonal Water Yield Model developed by the Natural Capital Project (InVEST SWYM), are attractive as data requirements are relatively easy to satisfy. However, simple models may produce unrealistic results when...
This study examines the key factors influencing investment decisions through decision tree regression, grounded in behavioral finance theory. By analyzing a comprehensive dataset incorporating behavioral, demographic, and financial variables—in...
20 February 2021
Information technologies (IT) architecture and infrastructure is a significant cost item, especially for enterprises with complex production infrastructure and equipment that require automated and digital devices to collect and process primary data o...
With the reform of the power system in China, investments in power grid projects across the whole power system are increasing. However, there are various objectives to achieve in the investment decision processes of power grid projects, so the ration...
Coastal zones face mounting pressures from rapid urban expansion and ecological degradation, posing significant challenges to achieving synergistic carbon storage and emissions reduction under China’s “dual carbon” goals. Yet, the i...
There has been a growing demand for portfolio management using artificial intelligence (AI). To sustain a competitive advantage for portfolio management, stock market investors require a strategic investment decision that can realize better returns....
Portfolio selection is a major topic for investors to allocate their assets and maximize their profit under constrained risk. For uncertain investment behavior in a vagueness environment, some researchers have devoted themselves to this field of fuzz...
ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) considerations are increasingly influencing REIT (real estate investment trust) investment decisions; however, empirical evidence on the ESG–financial performance nexus in infrastructure REITs remains...
In this paper, we study the optimal investment and reinsurance problem of an insurance company whose investment preferences are described via a forward dynamic exponential utility in a regime-switching market model. Financial and actuarial frameworks...
This paper aims to design a quadratic optimization model of an investment portfolio based on value-at-risk (VaR) by entering risk-free assets and company liabilities. The designed model develops Markowitz’s investment portfolio optimization mod...
This study examines South Africa’s long-run growth slowdown, with particular attention to investment dynamics, using quarterly data spanning 1960Q1–2025Q3. The analysis combines Bayesian Structural Time Series (BSTS) modelling to estimate...
In this paper, we consider a risk model with two-sided jumps and proportional investment. The upward jumps and downward jumps represent gains and claims, respectively. Suppose the company invests all of its surplus in a certain proportion in two type...
In this article, Euler’s technique was employed to solve the novel post-pandemic sector-based investment mathematical model. The solution was established within the framework of the new generalized Caputo-type fractional derivative for the syst...
As the shale gas revolution expands globally, the future potential and economic profits of overseas shale gas reserves have attracted the interest of Chinese investors. Overseas shale gas development is becoming an investment hotspot for Chinese oil...
This study develops an integrated panel econometric framework for modeling investment–output dynamics in circular economy sectors, explicitly addressing dynamic propagation, long-run equilibrium relationships, endogeneity, and nonlinear respons...
The aim of this article is to enhance the understanding of how design companies perceive the benefits of Building Information Modeling (BIM) technologies application. BIM is recognized in the literature as a (potentially) powerful driver leading the...
This paper considers an optimal investment problem with mispricing in the family of 4/2 stochastic volatility models under mean–variance criterion. The financial market consists of a risk-free asset, a market index and a pair of mispriced stocks. By...
The biophysical modeling of water ecosystem services is crucial to understanding their availability, vulnerabilities, and fluxes. Among the most popular models, the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-offs (InVEST) models stand out....
This study re-examined the effect of official development assistance (ODA) of five major donor countries (France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States) on foreign direct investment (FDI) using panel data from 2003 to 2020. In add...
Although the importance of urbanization, urban renewal and sustainable development have been increasingly recognized, with the accelerating process of urbanization, the urban above-ground space is no longer sufficient for the process of urbanization,...
From the economic perspective, China has made remarkable progress, yet environmental concerns represent an alarm to the country’s long-term prosperity. The associated relationship between green investment and the green economy has important imp...
The Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-Offs (InVEST) model with the distributed hydrological model Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) were implemented. The SWAT model quantifies and visualizes water production and groundwater res...
The increase in carbon emissions is considered one of the major causes of global warming and climate change. To reduce the potential environmental and economic threat from such greenhouse gas emissions, governments must formulate policies related to...
With the deepening of economic globalization, research and development (R&D) activities have become an important link in promoting the optimization of industrial structure and high-quality economic growth. To clarify the interaction between R&...
Current research has revealed that global trade promotes transnational investment and contributes to large amounts of CO2 emissions. Recently, trade protectionism has gradually emerged. This study aims to explore the effect of global trade protection...
The assessment of habitat quality is instrumental in preserving regional species diversity and ecosystem health, thereby forming the theoretical foundation for sustainable urban development. While the Invest model is a commonly employed tool for habi...
The InVEST model, with its ability to perform spatial visualization and quantification, is an important tool for mapping ecosystem services. However, the spatial accuracy and simulating performance of the model are deeply influenced by the land use p...
This study proposes a generalized grey Lotka–Volterra model with a finite number of variables. The model is obtained by applying the grey modelling method to estimate the parameters of a finite dimensional quadratic Lotka–Volterra system....
To achieve the climate goals of the Paris Agreement, greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity sector must be substantially reduced. We develop an agent-based model of the electricity system with heterogeneous agents who invest in power generatin...
Many methods exist for solving the problem of evaluating efficiency in different processes. They are divided into two basic groups, parametric and non-parametric methods, which can have significant differences in the results. In this study, the autho...
In the view of long-term comprehensive development, the concept of low-carbon economy has long been a concern. In this paper, we build a pure energy-economic system and explore the exact influencing factors in the investment allocation of high-carbon...
24 November 2021
This paper is related to the H2020 project EN-TRACK, dedicated to developing a platform for gathering data on the performance of energy efficiency investments in buildings. The project aims to collect and harmonize data from different sources and pro...
From 1990 to 2019, Vietnam entered a period of economic growth, attracting foreign investment. However, during this period, CO2 emissions also increased significantly. This paper will examine the short- and long-term relations of Vietnam’s rela...
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