Exploring Partial Order of European Countries

Partial Order Theory has been recently more and more employed in applied science to overcome the intrinsic disadvantage hidden in aggregation, if a multiple attribute system is available. Despite its numerous positive features, there are many practical cases where the interpretation of the partial order can be rather troublesome. In these cases the analysis of underlying dimensions could be useful to uncover particular data structures. The paper shows a way of addressing the problem with the help of an actual case study, which deals with European opinions on services of general interest. In particular, a partial order of countries is firstly provided and then a method to detect dimensions is discussed and applied. The analysis stems directly from the Partially Order Set (poset) and Lattice theory with particular references to dimension theory and Formal Concept Analysis. The study is eventually able to pinpoint role and relevance of different attributes characterizing EU countries which are used to define the partial order.

Schematic saturated orthogonal arrays obtained by using the contractive replacement method

This paper presents a general method of constructing schematic saturated orthogonal arrays of strength two. We consider a class of mixed saturated orthogonal arrays produced from saturated symmetric orthogonal arrays by using the contractive replacement method, study the Hamming distances of the rows, construct their association schemes, and prove that they are schematic. Some examples are given to illustrate this construction method.     

Interval estimation: An information theoretic approach

ABSTRACT

We develop here an alternative information theoretic method of inference of problems in which all of the observed information is in terms of intervals. We focus on the unconditional case in which the observed information is in terms the minimal and maximal values at each period. Given interval data, we infer the joint and marginal distributions of the interval variable and its range. Our inferential procedure is based on entropy maximization subject to multidimensional moment conditions and normalization in which the entropy is defined over discretized intervals. The discretization is based on theory or empirically observed quantities. The number of estimated parameters is independent of the discretization so the level of discretization does not change the fundamental level of complexity of our model. As an example, we apply our method to study the weather pattern for Los Angeles and New York City across the last century.     

战略抉择:中国经济发展方式的现状与转型

经济发展方式包括对内和对外经济发展方式。改革开放以来,中国市场取向和高强度投入的对内经济发展方式,与注重加工贸易和以引进外国直接投资为主、借入外国债务为辅的对外经济发展方式相互作用,推动中国经济迅速发展。但是,这种发展方式只是脱贫之路,而不是富强之路。随着时间的推移,这种发展方式不可持续的弱点逐渐表现出来。因此,中国政府应该充分发挥"看不见的手"和"看得见的手"的作用,对内实行自主创新和调整产业结构的发展战略,对外实行以超比较优势为核心的梯型对外贸易发展战略、以调整结构为主线的质量型引进外国直接投资发展战略和以渐进的人民币国际化为中心的对外金融发展战略,以成功地完成转变经济发展方式这场"经济社会领域的深刻变革"。     

近年来国内协商民主理论研究转向的综述

中国学者对西方协商民主理论的认识越来越深化.由最初对协商民主理论规范的认识,概念的分析解读以及乐观性的接受,经过了一个阶段的深化锤炼,国内学者开始转向其实践形态和在实践运行过程的研究.同时开始越来越认识到在实施中理论和实践操作的困境     

论雪莱抒情诗及其艺术特色

雪莱的抒情诗按其思想内容分为政治抒情诗,自然抒情诗和爱情抒情诗三部分。其中,政治抒情诗是闪烁着现实主义光芒的一组优秀诗篇;自然抒情诗是借助大自然抒怀的,具有浪漫主义光芒的一组优秀诗篇;爱情抒情诗是在雪莱诗中有重要位置,表达了他对爱情、幸福生活的渴望与追求。     

我国低碳旅游系统利益相关者关系格局及博弈分析

从我国低碳旅游系统利益相关者界定模糊、权责不清的现状入手,结合目前国内外旅游系统利益相关者研究成果,提出低碳旅游系统相关利益者的内涵;通过对目前低碳旅游系统利益相关者关系格局的分析,提出我国低碳旅游未来发展的系统利益相关者理想模式;在理想模式的基础上,运用共时参与模型和差序参与模型对低碳旅游系统具有代表性的四大相关利益者进行博弈分析,提出基于各利益相关者视角的低碳旅游行为模式,使低碳旅游走向协作发展的道路.     

土木工程专业生产实习教学模式的探讨与实践

文章在总结以往生产实习的基础上,对土木工程专业生产实习的教学模式进行了探讨与实践,提出将“分散与集中相结合的分阶段实习模式”作为土木工程专业生产实习模式。     

安徽省城镇居民消费情况实证分析

文章根据《安徽省统计年鉴》中的相关数据 ,运用时间序列线性回归等模型对 1 995 -1 999年安徽省城镇居民的消费支出情况进行实证分析 ,以揭示近几年来安徽省城镇居民的消费支出的结构及特点 ,以及消费不旺局面的内在原因。同时文章还探讨了一些与消费密切相关的经济热点问题     

Clinical Social Work and Psychoanalysis: Introduction to the Special Issue

As clinical social work developed in America it was highly influenced by the concepts and techniques of psychoanalysis and many of its practitioners became interested in seeking psychoanalytic training. More and more psychoanalysts are now coming from a background in clinical social work due to the development of a network of interdisciplinary training institutes and the opening of the Institutes of the American Psychoanalytic Association to non-medical candidates. This special issue considers how psychoanalysis may be affected as more of its practitioners and contributors come from a background in clinical social work. This introduction reviews the history of the development of clinical social work and outlines the issues related to “lay analysis” in this country.