Sifting the wheat from the chaff—the organization of telephone intake and the selection of social assistance inquirers in Sweden

In Sweden, the initial contact between help-seeking people and a social welfare office normally takes place over the telephone, with designated intake officers handling those aiming to apply for social assistance. Citizens seeking help are here sorted according to various eligibility criteria as well as according to different intake routines. The outcome of the sorting process is that some receive an appointment for a further assessment while others are sent away. This article describes and classifies the degree of selection at seven telephone intakes, discusses relations between the degrees of selection and reasons for selection and distinguishes several selection strategies.     

论以诗取士对“诗唐”形成的促进作用

谈到"诗唐",人们常意指"诗歌的"唐朝,实际上,"诗唐"更指"诗性的"唐朝。从表层看,以诗取士促进了唐人学习、创作诗歌风气的普及,使诗歌从宫廷走向民间,促进了"诗歌的"唐朝的到来。从深层次看,以诗取士促进了唐人诗化人格、诗性思维的发展,使其普遍地表现出思想上的轻视礼教,行为上的不拘小节,气质上的桀傲难驯,人生设计充满理想色彩,但处理问题常带书生意气,促进了"诗性的"唐朝的形成。     

Evaluation of scheduling strategies for a dynamic job shop in a tool-shared,flexible manufacturing environment

A two-phase approach is used to examine the impact of job scheduling rules and tool selection policies for a dynamic job shop system in a tool-shared, flexible manufacturing environment. The first phase develops a generalized simulation model and analyses 'simple' job scheduling rules and tool selection policies under various operating scenarios. The results from this investigation are then used to develop and analyse various bi-criteria rules in the second phase of this study. The results show that the scheduling rules have the most significant impact on system performance, particularly at high shop load levels. Tool selection policies affect some of the performance measures, most notably, proportion of tardy jobs, to a lesser degree. Higher machine utilizations can be obtained at higher tool duplication levels but at the expense of increased tooling costs and lower tool utilization. The results also show that using different processing time distributions may have a significant impact on shop performance.     

A decision support system for the selection of a casting process using analytic hierarchy process

This paper presents an Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) based decision support system to select the most suitable casting process for a given product. The hierarchical structure of the proposed method allows the decision maker to compare the different casting processes using the material suitability and flexibility, geometrical complexity, dimensional tolerance and surface finish of the casting, and the cost as the criteria for selection. Judgemental inconsistency of the decision maker in selecting the casting process is taken care by ensuring that the value of consistency ratio is below (0.1). A numerical example is presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed methodology for selecting the suitable casting process.     

The recruitment and selection of hospital medical consultants

Abstract

The literature on selection has been dominated in recent decades by the ‘prediction’ paradigm. Such an approach requires a substantial number of positions to be filled in order to compute validity coefficients. There are other approaches, using a different paradigm, when concentrated on adjusting the organization and the employee. Here careful analysis of job demands is essential. This article describes such an analysis, taking the medical consultant as an example. The method can be used in an iterative way. It is useful when one has to work with small numbers of positions.     

样本选择参数分位回归模型及其在工资分布分解中的应用

在工资差距分解问题中,研究者经常会遇到样本选择偏差问题,直接忽略会导致最终估计结果产生严重偏差,同时在众多工资差距分解方法中,相比于均值分解,分布分解方法更受研究者青睐。针对参数分位回归,本文首次提出可加形式与非可加形式的样本选择参数分位回归（SSPQR）模型,并基于这两类样本选择参数分位回归模型给出修正样本选择偏差后的参数分位回归工资差距分布分解方法。运用上述方法及已有的工资分布分解方法,借助CHNS2015年度城镇数据,本文研究了我国城镇男女工资差距及差距分解问题,得出以下结论：①男女工资差距主要来源是性别歧视问题;②经过样本选择偏差修正后,实际的工资差距更大,歧视问题更严重;③男女工资差距程度在不同分位点上结果不同,换句话说,我们不能简单地仅从平均水平来判断工资差距程度;④与其他已有方法计算结果比较发现,SSPQR计算的工资差距程度更大。     

为钻头选型的地层模糊聚类研究

本文用模栩聚类分析方法探讨燎合考虑地层多种岩性下的地层分爽.以17种不同地层为例，分析了其模栩相容拒阵的建立方法并给出其聚类圈.讨论了绿合考虑地层多种若性下的钻头选型。     

A class of weighted normal distributions and its variants useful for inequality constrained analysis

This article develops a class of the weighted normal distributions for which the probability density function has the form of a product of a normal density and a weight function. The class constitutes marginal distributions obtained from various kinds of doubly truncated bivariate normal distributions. This class of distributions strictly includes the normal, skew–normal and two-piece skew–normal and is useful for selection modelling and inequality constrained normal mean analysis. Some distributional properties and Bayesian perspectives of the class are given. Probabilistic representation of the distributions is also given. The representation is shown to be straightforward to specify distribution and to implement computation, with output readily adapted for required analysis. Necessary theories and illustrative examples are provided.     

凉山平坝彝族丧葬文化变迁的斜向性结构研究——以喜德大石头和冕宁漫水湾为个案

凉山平坝彝族主要指居住在安宁河流域平坝地区、以种植水稻为生、汉化程度较高的那部分彝族。由于与汉族接触较多,他们在语言、服饰、习俗等方面受汉文化的影响也较深。本文主要以喜德大石头和冕宁漫水湾平坝彝族的丧葬习俗为调查研究对象,在田野调查的基础上,揭示所发生的文化变迁及其影响,并认为:平坝彝族葬俗的变迁并不是单一方面所发生的文化变化,体现出的是文化叠合与文化选择的特质。     

广义岭选择指数(英文)

把岭回归的原理和方法应用到家畜性状的选择指数中 ,提出了广义岭选择指数 ,理论和实践证明的这一指数形式在一定意义上优于传统的选择指数。也可以说 ,它在一定意义上丰富了选择指数的理论 ,但不能代替经典的选择指数