Yong Yin, PhD
Yamagata University
Department of Economics
and Business Management
1-4-12, Kojirakawa-cho
Yamagata-shi, 990-8560
Japan
yin@human.kj.yamagata-u.ac.jp
Jiafu Tang, PhD
Northeastern University
Department of Systems Engineering
110006 Shenyang
China
jftang@mail.neu.edu.cn
Ikou Kaku, PhD
Akita Prefectural University
Department of Management Science
and Engineering
Yulihonjo, 015-0055
Japan
ikou_kaku@akita-pu.ac.jp
JianMing Zhu, PhD
Central University
of Finance and Economics
School of Information
Beijing
China
tyzjm65@163.com
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