Research on E-commerce Logistics Distribution Path Planning Based on Improved Genetic Algorithm

With the rapid development of the Internet, e-commerce business has gradually emerged. However, its logistics distribution route planning method has problems such as redundancy of logistics data, which cannot achieve centralized planning of distribution paths, resulting in low e-commerce logistics distribution efficiency and long distribution distances, higher cost. Therefore, in order to improve the ability of logistics distribution path planning, this paper designs an e-commerce logistics distribution path planning method based on improved genetic algorithm. Optimize the analysis of e-commerce logistics distribution nodes, establish a modern logistics distribution system, and optimize the total transportation time and transportation cost under the location model of the logistics distribution center. Using hybrid search algorithm and improved genetic algorithm parameters, an improved genetic algorithm distribution path planning model is established to select the optimal path of logistics distribution, and realize e-commerce logistics distribution path with high accuracy, low error and good convergence. planning. According to the experimental results, the method in this paper can effectively shorten the distance of e-commerce logistics distribution path, reduce the number of distribution vehicles, reduce distribution costs, improve distribution efficiency, and effectively achieve centralized planning of logistics distribution. Therefore, the e-commerce logistics distribution route planning method based on improved genetic algorithm has high practical application value.

Urban Containment Planning: Is It Effective? The Case of Portland, OR

The paper attempts to evaluate Oregon’s and Portland’s growth management policies as for their tradeoffs between effectiveness in containing urban sprawl and impacts on housing markets and on property values. Carruthers argued that in order to correctly evaluate growth management policies, it is necessary to jointly consider their effects on urban development patterns, on land and housing markets, and on the fragmentation of land use controls. Nowadays, we have sufficient empirical research to evaluate the effects of Oregon’s growth management policies both on land markets and housing affordability and on urban development patterns. Therefore, the time has come to comprehensively reanalyze this longstanding case of public regulation. Once again, the issue of comparing grounded-on-planning–regulations’ effectiveness with grounded-on-price regulations’ effectiveness is at stake. The paper finds that urban-containment centralized-planning in Portland and Oregon have not been effective in containing sprawl and that price-based mechanisms are the most logical solution to the excess of sprawling urban growth.

Moldovan village between popular calendar and centralized planning in the second half of the twentieth century

The traditional calendar had a great importance in the village’s life in the past because it indicated the optimal time for plowing and sowing, for the sheep to go to the pasture, the days favorable for collecting medical herbs, weddings, etc. But over time, it has undergone countless changes caused by various factors. First of all, it is about the role of science and its intense development since in the modern era, which had in the transformation of the traditional calendar into one of a more symbolic character. Secondly, it is about changing the political context: Bessarabia becomes the Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic as part of U.S.S.R. and is subjected to ideological policies according to the instructions issued by Moscow, which aimed to Russify and denationalize the occupied peoples and form a new soviet consciousness. Last but not least, we must take into account the economic policy of U.S.S.R., which translated into life by applying a planned economy and, in general, a centralized planning in all spheres of life. Obviously, in such conditions, a large part of our ancestral traditions have not been passed down to us.

THE PROBLEM OF ALIENATION OF PEASANTS FROM THE LAND IN THE PERIOD FROM THE MID-1960s TO THE MID-1980s THROUGH THE PRISM OF “VILLAGE PROSE” WRITERS’ JOURNALISTIC WORKS

The article is devoted to the study of the problem of alienation of peasants from the land in the period from the mid-1960s to mid-1980s in the context of the agrarian policy carried out during these years. The analysis of the complex nature of this problem is given on the basis of the extensive material of journalistic works by “village prose” writers, on the basis of archival and other historical sources. The author identifies and studies reasons for the alienation of the peasantry from the land in those years, such as: further stateization, centralization and concentration of agricultural production; its centralized planning; introduction of guaranteed wages; negative impact from the media and popular culture; rural inferiority complex; lack of brides in the countryside; the policy of eliminating unpromising villages.

Solar energy and regional coordination as a feasible alternative to large hydropower in Southeast Asia

Strategic dam planning and the deployment of decentralized renewable technologies are two elements of the same problem, yet normally addressed in isolation. Here, we show that an integrated view of the power system capacity expansion problem could have transformative effects for Southeast Asia’s hydropower plans. We demonstrate that Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia have tangible opportunities for meeting projected electricity demand and CO2 emission targets with less hydropower than currently planned—options range from halting the construction of all dams in the Lower Mekong to building 82% of the planned ones. The key enabling strategies for these options to succeed are solar PV and regional coordination, expressed in the form of centralized planning and cross-border power trading. The alternative expansion plans would slightly increase the cumulative costs (up to 2.4%), but substantially limit the fragmentation of additional river reaches, thereby offering more sustainable pathways for the Mekong’s ecosystems and riparian people.

Goal Lifecycle Networks For Robotics

A Goal Lifecycle Network (GLN) is a conceptual process model that captures the progression of goals from their formulation to their completion, including planning and execution concerns. GLNs synthesize the literature on hierarchical goal networks, goal lifecycles, and plan execution. We formalize GLNs based on a state-variable representation, extend GLNs with an execution lifecycle, describe a partial reference implementation of GLNs, and show how the temporal PDDL language can be translated into GLNs for dispatchable execution. We integrate GLNs in three proof-of-concept robotics demonstrations: (1) a two-armed robot sorting items into baskets; (2) a multi-vehicle quad-rotor team surveying a region; and (3) centralized planning for a simulated disaster relief based on the Robocup Rescue League. The theory, implementation, and demonstrations highlight that GLNs are effective for goal management in the robotics systems we study.

Solar energy and regional coordination as a feasible alternative to the 'Battery of Asia' plan

Strategic dam planning and the deployment of decentralized renewable technologies are two elements of the same problem, yet they are normally addressed in isolation. Here, we show that an integrated view of the power system capacity expansion problem could have transformative effects for the 'Battery of Asia' plan. We demonstrate that Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia have tangible opportunities for meeting projected electricity demand and CO2 emission targets with less hydropower than currently planned--options range from halting the construction of all dams in the Lower Mekong to building 82% of the planned ones. The key enabling strategies for these options to succeed are solar PV and regional coordination, expressed in the form of centralized planning and cross-border power trading. The alternative expansion plans would slightly increase the cumulative costs, but limit the fragmentation of additional river reaches, thereby offering more sustainable pathways for the Mekong’s ecosystems and riparian people.

China as a Neural-Information Megamatrix: Digital Technologies for Structuring Cognitive Ensembles of Order

In China, the strategy for the national information infrastructure development is implementing a large-scale and unparalleled project for developing artificial intelligence and its application to solving critical problems. Threats and risks of the current stage left no choice to China. The best Soviet and Russian developments of centralized planning and modeling are actively used, advanced American experience in applying neuroinformation technologies to influence society is being adopted. In fact, a neuroinformational mega-matrix is being formed, which will allow the Chinese authorities to keep the seething mass of people and organizations within a controlled circuit. Configuring cognitive communications in the socio-technical system “person — infocommunication environment — the state” allows to develop a social credit model for forming behavior vectors in large groups of the population with culling disloyal in behaviour (implemented now) and disloyal in thinking (soon to be implemented) human units of the China-community.

Peran Negara dalam Ekspansi PT Wijaya Karya Tbk ke Afrika: Tinjauan Kapitalisme Negara

In the past few years, publicly-listed construction firm PT Wijaya Karya Tbk. (WIKA) has been actively expanding to the African market amidst the high needs of domestic infrastructure development. At the same time, studies on rising state intervention in the global economy are gaining attention from IPE scholars. Based on these factors, this paper examines the role of the government in WIKA’s expansion to Africa from the perspective of state capitalism. By examining the role of President Joko Widodo's regime through (1) centralized planning; (2) economic diplomacy; and (3) capital assistance, this paper argues that WIKA's expansion is aimed not only at generating profits, but is also influenced by political factors to meet national interests. As a state-owned enterprise (SOE), WIKA is positioned as the national champion in the infrastructure sector, which is deemed as a strategic industry for President Widodo’s regime. This paper is expected to fill the void of political economy research on the expansion of national SOEs abroad. Keywords: SOEs, state role, state capitalism, overseas expansion, WIKA.