The ‘Extended’ Atkinson family: The class of multiplicatively decomposable inequality measures,and some new graphical procedures for analysts

This paper introduces and characterises a class of inequality measures which extends the Atkinson family. This class contains canonical forms of all aggregative inequality measures, each bounded above by one, provides a new dominance criterion for ordering distributions in terms of inequality and offers some new graphical procedures for analysts. The crucial axiom for the characterisation is an alternative to the standard additive decomposition property that we call ‘multiplicative decomposability,’ where the within-group component is a generalised weighted mean with weights summing exactly to one. An erratum to this article can be found at     

New Zealand ministers of religion: Identifying sources of stress and coping strategies

Because the primary focus in occupational stress research has been on refining our understanding of the relationship between stressors and stress responses, relatively few attempts have been made to examine the nature and structure of the different constructs involved in that relationship. One reason for this has been die apparent acceptance that current measures adequately describe work role stressors or that constructs such as coping can be researched by simply selecting and devising measures on an a priori basis. This paper considers the stressors reported by ministers of religion in New Zealand and the strategies may use to cope with those problems. The results draw attention to die fact that while existing scales provide a good measure of general perceptions they are not useful or designed for evaluating specific role relationships or their nature and structure. The implications of these findings arc discussed in terms of measurement issues and future research.     

激光参数综合测量研究

本文研究了激光参数综合测量的方法。实现了单机对小功率连续激光器输出功率P_(out)、稳定性P_w、光斑功率密度σ、横向模式TEM、光束半径r、光束发散角θ等参数的综合测量。按本设计方案研制的激光参数测量仪,还可用于其他光学测量研究。通过研究较成功地解决了激光参数测量中,光谱响应补偿、时漂、温漂和背景噪声扣除等几个关键问题,使功率测量分辨率达10~(-10)W,稳定度优于0.4％。     

转子不对中故障的振动特性和试验

本文从动力学角度研究具有凸缘联轴节的转子不对中故障的机理。列出轴振动的运动微分方程。得到的方程是参数激励和强迫激励联合作用。应用非线性振动的理论,用傅里叶展开求得其稳态响应,得到不同于以往中外有关文献的结果。本文在文[1]的基础上,作了充实和修改,做了转子不对中的人为故障试验。试验结果与理论分析基本相符。     

六端口技术自校准方法解的不唯一性证明

本文就六端口技术自校准方法进行了分析讨论,用解析方法和计算机模拟方法分别证明了自校准方法解的不唯一性.从而否定了自校准方法是六端口技术最突出的优点之一这个传统概念.     

A Bayesian approach to statistical inference in stochastic DEA

Stochastic DEA can deal effectively with noise in the non-parametric measurement of efficiency but unfortunately formal statistical inference on efficiency measures in not possible. In this paper, we provide a Bayesian approach to the problem organized around simulation techniques that allow for finite-sample inferences on efficiency scores. The new methods are applied to efficiency analysis of the Greek banking system for the period 1993–1999. The results show that the majority of the Greek banks operate close to best market practices.     

研究和开发费用的会计处理研究

根据《企业会计准则-无形资产》,企业无形资产在依法申请取得前发生的研究和开发费用应全部费用化.在会计实务中,此规定引起了很多的争论.本文将比较不同国家研究和开发费用的会计处理标准,重点讨论中国、澳大利亚以及国际会计准则IAS38等标准的不同,并以澳大利亚SMS公司为例进行分析,最后提出自己的建议.     

Adaptive Crossover Design for Normal Responses

In a response-adaptive design, we review and update the trial on the basis of outcomes in order to achive a specific goal. In clinical trials our goal is to allocate a larger number of patients to the better treatment. In the present paper, we use a response adaptive design in a two-treatment two-period crossover trial where the treatment responses are continuous. We provide probability measures to choose between the possible treatment combinations AA, AB, BA, or BB. The goal is to use the better treatment combination a larger number of times. We calculate the allocation proportions to the possible treatment combinations and their standard errors. We also derive some asymptotic results and provide solutions on related inferential problems. The proposed procedure is compared with a possible competitor. Finally, we use a data set to illustrate the applicability of our proposed design.     

The non parametric regression estimate with dependent measurement errors

ABSTRACT

Non parametric regression estimation with measurement errors data has received great attention, and deconvolution local polynomial estimators can be used to deal with the problem that the errors are independent of other variables in the literature. In this article, the copula method is applied to tackle the case that the errors may depend on covariates, and the asymptotic properties of the resulting estimators are derived. Two simulations are conducted to illustrate the performance of the proposed estimators.     

A variance shift model for detection of outliers in the linear mixed measurement error models

ABSTRACT

In this paper, we extend a variance shift model, previously considered in the linear mixed models, to the linear mixed measurement error models using the corrected likelihood of Nakamura (1990 Nakamura, T. (1990). Corrected score function for errors in variables models: methodology and application to generalized linear models. Biometrika 77:127–137.[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]). This model assumes that a single outlier arises from an observation with inflated variance. We derive the score test and the analogue of the likelihood ratio test, to assess whether the ith observation has inflated variance. A parametric bootstrap procedure is implemented to obtain empirical distributions of the test statistics. Finally, results of a simulation study and an example of real data are presented to illustrate the performance of proposed tests.