Chinese uncertainty

The Chinese patent file with its abstracts can be used to supplement WPI, which at this writing has only tides for Chinese patents. JAPIO provides abstracts based ia particular oa pateat claims, and can help to clarify uncertainties with Japanese abstracts from Derwent and/or CA. PATOLIS, ia Japanese, is a unique source of Japanese legal status information (37). EPIDOS staff carry out PATOLIS searches on request for those with sufficient need to search the PATOLIS database, software is available to enable those who cannot read Japanese to extract key data. 

Managing risks and uncertainties Historical swings in demand and prices are likely to be amplified as the unpredictable Chinese market grows in importance (see Chapter 6). 

The Chinese market may be highly attractive, but it also differs greatly from that in Europe or North America. It is extremely dynamic, and the speed of change combined with a high degree of uncertainty means that companies appear and vanish at rates unknown in the West. This makes industry and market data hard to obtain - and the validity of available data questionable. 

One person who did seriously consider this question was Alfred Jenkins, the China specialist on the White House staff beginning in late 1966. In one of his first reports to Rostow, Jenkins professed himself disappointed with the focus on issues of travel, trade, and Chinese representation in the UN. These struck him as potentially useful but peripheral measures in view of the uncertainties of the Cultural Revolution. He suggested that, for the moment, the administration should concentrate its planning resources on issues... to do with China in the balance of power in the Asia-Pacific and proceeded to list a remarkably farsighted set of strategic issues that few other officials had emphasized in connection with China policy ... 

Gong F.Q., Li X.B. Dong L.J. 2008. Underground Goaf Risk Evaluation Based On Uncertainty Measurement Theory. Chinese Journal of Rock Mechanics and Engineering 2 323-330. 

The aims of this study were two-fold. Firstly, to provide insights into understanding the key characteristics and differences of domestic SCs (DSC) and international SCs (ISC) in China based on case studies. The key characteristics were discussed in terms of three aspects uncertainties, constraints and cost elements. This led to a reasonably generalised model for Chinese DSCs and ISCs. Secondly, simulation-based tools were to be developed to evaluate different... 

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