Threshold decisions: how social workers prioritize referrals of child concern

This paper examines local authority social workers' decision‐making when considering referrals of children, where the concerns are on the margin of child protection procedures. In doing so, it describes the findings of a qualitative research study undertaken in the policy context of attempts to ‘refocus’ social work practice in the late 1990s and early twenty‐first century. Data collection involved interviews with social workers and parents in 23 cases. Conclusions are that referrals were evaluated on the basis of five key factors, specificity, severity, risk, parental accountability and corroboration, the use of which determined whether an initial assessment or an investigation of alleged abuse took place. The analysis builds on previous work in the child protection field, but demonstrates how the application of these factors differs between cases of child concern and cases of child protection. Policy implications concern the complexity of decision‐making in the uncertain context of limited referral information and it is proposed that the simplistic notion of a continuum of abuse is now outdated. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

一种基于神经网络和决策树的信用评估新方法

分析了数据挖掘在国内外金融领域的应用及研究现状,提出了一种基于神经网络和决策树相结合的信用评估新方法。该方法通过RBF神经网络,进行条件属性裁减,并利用决策树抽取出评估规则。此方法利用神经网络的“黑箱”工作特性,选择重要条件属性,并利用决策树自动生成评估规则,大大提高了信用评估的效率和客观性。     

基于数据挖掘的客户关系分析评价系统

分析功能的深化是客户关系管理(CRM)的一大发展趋势,应用数据挖掘技术建立的CRM分析评价系统,可以对客户的行为以及市场趋势进行有效的分析,为企业的各种决策提供定性和定量的依据。该系统主要模块包括:客户细分模块、客户行为分析模块和市场趋势分析模块。以上各个模块涉及了企业关心的各种客户行为及市场行为,通过各个模块的分析,企业可以辨认出高端客户,理解各种客户行为模式,并掌握市场发展趋势以保证企业在激烈的竞争中立于不败之地。     

西方国家高校组织的自主权及其启示

西方国家高校组织的自主权是通过大学内部立法、决策领导、组织协调、咨询等办学活动来实现的。大学自治组织系统主要由董事会 (校务会 )、校长、评议会等组成。校长由董事会 (校务会 )选举或产生 ,代表其行使学校决策及日常事务管理。大学自治组织一般拥有组织教学、筹集经费、开展学术研究、人事使用等权力 ,而这些权力的行使一方面要受到大学内部各种权力系统、管理层以及利益集团的制约 ,同时还要受到来自大学外部的各种专门组织和社会团体的监督     

Bayesian validation assessment of multivariate computational models

Multivariate model validation is a complex decision-making problem involving comparison of multiple correlated quantities, based upon the available information and prior knowledge. This paper presents a Bayesian risk-based decision method for validation assessment of multivariate predictive models under uncertainty. A generalized likelihood ratio is derived as a quantitative validation metric based on Bayes’ theorem and Gaussian distribution assumption of errors between validation data and model prediction. The multivariate model is then assessed based on the comparison of the likelihood ratio with a Bayesian decision threshold, a function of the decision costs and prior of each hypothesis. The probability density function of the likelihood ratio is constructed using the statistics of multiple response quantities and Monte Carlo simulation. The proposed methodology is implemented in the validation of a transient heat conduction model, using a multivariate data set from experiments. The Bayesian methodology provides a quantitative approach to facilitate rational decisions in multivariate model assessment under uncertainty.     

Optimal sampling for repeated binary measurements

The authors consider the optimal design of sampling schedules for binary sequence data. They propose an approach which allows a variety of goals to be reflected in the utility function by including deterministic sampling cost, a term related to prediction, and if relevant, a term related to learning about a treatment effect To this end, they use a nonparametric probability model relying on a minimal number of assumptions. They show how their assumption of partial exchangeability for the binary sequence of data allows the sampling distribution to be written as a mixture of homogeneous Markov chains of order k. The implementation follows the approach of Quintana & Müller (2004), which uses a Dirichlet process prior for the mixture.     

高校资产证券化探讨

高校扩招造成了教学经费不足。目前在全国几乎找不到没有银行贷款的高校，随着“银校间热恋的甜蜜时期”的结束，如何如期还贷，如何进一步融资成为众多高校重大的财政问题，本研究给出了高校收费资产证券化方法，不仅将未来缺乏流通的现金流变现，解决了未来现金流收入与还贷期限结构的不匹配，而且融资成本低。本研究给出了资产证券化的一般组织结构和流程，并对我国高校收费证券化进行了定价。     

Couple Attitudes and Agreement Regarding Pregnancy Wantedness in the Philippines

We compare husbands' and wives' views of the wantedness of their most recent pregnancy in the Philippines, a country where relatively high levels of unintended fertility persist. This research is an extension of earlier work that looked separately at individual men's and women's responses. We analyze survey data for 369 couples and find that those most at risk of experiencing a pregnancy that neither spouse wanted tended to be higher parity couples, those who were more fatalistic, those who were practicing Catholics who attended religious services frequently, and those among whom the husband was the sole breadwinner. Higher parity women and older women were also more apt to experience a pregnancy that was wanted by only 1 spouse. Women who had difficulty discussing sexual matters with their husbands were more likely than other women to have a pregnancy that their husbands wanted but they did not.     

基础设施定价与城市规模的经济分析

建立了基础设施与城市规模的时间序列动态模型，分析基础设施市场化运营中，因定价收费方式不同，理论上对城市最优规模的影响。对比分析了基础设施以边际成本定价和以平均成本定价的区别，用数值模拟的方法，得出按照基础设施边际成本定价，有利于获得最优的城市规模和实现城市收益最大化的结论，并为城市发展提供了相应对策。     

中国生丝对外贸易定价的实证分析

本文通过建立中国生丝的对外贸易模型,对中国生丝出口的各种弹性进行实验实证,进而分析生丝出口的经济效益并探讨中国生丝出口定价原则.认为,在制定生丝的出口价格时,丛须考虑中国生丝外汇收入对出口价格弹性低的特点,保持出口价格的相对稳定.