SPC as a tool for creating a successful business measurement framework

Many companies are trying to get to the bottom of what their main objectives are and what their business should be doing. The new Six Sigma approach concentrates on clarifying business strategy and making sure that everything relates to company objectives. It is vital to clarify each part of the business in such a way that everyone can understand the causes of variation that can lead to improvements in processes and performance. This paper describes a situation where the full implementation of SPC methodology has made possible a visual and widely appreciated summary of the performance of one important aspect of the business. The major part of the work was identifying the core objectives and deciding how to encapsulate each of them in one or more suitable measurements. The next step was to review the practicalities of obtaining the measurements and their reliability and representativeness. Finally, the measurements were presented in chart form and the more traditional steps of SPC analysis were commenced. Data from fast changing business environments are prone to many different problems, such as the short previous span of typical data, strange distributions and other uncertainties. Issues surrounding these and the eventual extraction of a meaningful set of information will be discussed in the paper. The measurement framework has proved very useful and, from an initial circulation of a handful of people, it now forms an important part of an information process that provides responsible managers with valuable control information. The measurement framework is kept fresh and vital by constant review and modifications. Improved electronic data collection and dissemination of the report has proved very important.     

政府消费与私人消费的期内替代和跨期替代——来自亚洲国家的面板协整分析

一、引言私人消费是一个国家总需求的重要的组成部分,对国民经济的发展有着举足轻重的作用,而政府消费支出是宏观调控的重要工具,它在需求管理中的运用,是否能达到预期的效果,常常成为各国政策当局关注的问题,正因如此,政府的消费支出对私人消费的效应一直是宏观经济学主要研究的问题之一,当政府消费与个人消费成互补关系时,则意味着政府消费的增加促进了个人消费,而当两者成替代关系时,则意味着政府消费的增加在一定程度上减少了个人消费,从而降低了财政支出的乘数效应,因此,对政府与私人消费之间的互补(替代或无关)关系进行检验显得十分重…     

国际经济信息需求与供给分析研究

在全球经济一体化及中国加入世界贸易组织的国际大环境下,党政领导和社会各界对国际经济信息的需求量增大。如何搜集、加工、整理国际经济信息,并及时准确地提供,以满足不同层次用户国际经济信息需求,充分发挥信息对社会经济发展的推动作用是摆在我们面前的一项重要任务。本文从影响国际经济信息供给和需求的因素出发,结合国家统计局国际统计信息中心(以下简称国际中心)国际经济信息工作现状,阐述了国际经济信息供给与需求状况和特征,分析信息供需差距,提出了满足党政领导和社会各界国际经济信息需求的对策和建议。本研究是从事国际经济、统…     

Nonparametric Tests for Stratum Effects in the Cox Model

Thispaper considers the stratified proportional hazards model witha focus on the assessment of stratum effects. The assessmentof such effects is often of interest, for example, in clinicaltrials. In this case, two relevant tests are the test of stratuminteraction with covariates and the test of stratum interactionwith baseline hazard functions. For the test of stratum interactionwith covariates, one can use the partial likelihood method (Kalbfleischand Prentice, 1980; Lin, 1994). For the test of stratum interactionwith baseline hazard functions, however, there seems to be noformal test available. We consider this problem and propose aclass of nonparametric tests. The asymptotic distributions ofthe tests are derived using the martingale theory. The proposedtests can also be used for survival comparisons which need tobe adjusted for covariate effects. The method is illustratedwith data from a lung cancer clinical trial.     

Diagnostic checks for discrete data regression models using posterior predictive simulations

Model checking with discrete data regressions can be difficult because the usual methods such as residual plots have complicated reference distributions that depend on the parameters in the model. Posterior predictive checks have been proposed as a Bayesian way to average the results of goodness-of-fit tests in the presence of uncertainty in estimation of the parameters. We try this approach using a variety of discrepancy variables for generalized linear models fitted to a historical data set on behavioural learning. We then discuss the general applicability of our findings in the context of a recent applied example on which we have worked. We find that the following discrepancy variables work well, in the sense of being easy to interpret and sensitive to important model failures: structured displays of the entire data set, general discrepancy variables based on plots of binned or smoothed residuals versus predictors and specific discrepancy variables created on the basis of the particular concerns arising in an application. Plots of binned residuals are especially easy to use because their predictive distributions under the model are sufficiently simple that model checks can often be made implicitly. The following discrepancy variables did not work well: scatterplots of latent residuals defined from an underlying continuous model and quantile–quantile plots of these residuals.     

Two ways of modelling overdispersion in non-normal data

For non-normal data assumed to have distributions, such as the Poisson distribution, which have an a priori dispersion parameter, there are two ways of modelling overdispersion: by a quasi-likelihood approach or with a random-effect model. The two approaches yield different variance functions for the response, which may be distinguishable if adequate data are available. The epilepsy data of Thall and Vail and the fabric data of Bissell are used to exemplify the ideas.     

多方发挥物理实验教学的职能作用

当前我国医学教育中物理实验教学存在弱点:对物理教育不重视,实验条件差,仪器、设备陈旧,实验选项过时,实验课时少.针对存在的问题及现状,在现有的条件之内,我们提出了物理实验课的改进措施:认真做好实验准备,发挥教师的主导作用,督查学生亲自动手,利用现有仪器设备,不断改善实验条件,重视教学情况的反馈信息.     

综合业务CATV网络

本文提出了一种宽带分布式网络设计,该网络能在CATV电缆上同时进行数据、实时数字话音及模拟电视通信。本系统能支持大量用户间的通信。由于采用了宽带技术和总线网令牌与CSMA/CD的混合协议,从而解决了局域网所面临的距离和时延问题。本文最后对所提出网络的话音性能作了评估,所得结果与相关试验报导数据相符。     

晋西三川河流域的地表组成物质及其与土壤侵蚀的关系

地表组成物质是影响三川河流域土壤侵蚀及滑坡发育的重要因素。本文在分析该流域的地表组成物质的类型、性质及分布规律的基础上,探讨了地表组成物质与土侵馒蚀的关系。