Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
David Griffiths, W. Douglas Stirling, and K. Laurence Weldon, Understanding Data: Principles and Practice of Statistics
Ingwer Borg and Patrick Groenen, Modern Multidimensional Scaling: Theory and Applications
Jeffrey H. Dorfman, Bayesian Economics Through Numerical Methods: A Guide to Econometrics and Decision-making with Prior Information
Marek Musiela and Marek Rutkowski, Martingale Methods in Financial Modelling: Theory and Applications
Aad W. van der Vaart and Jon A. Wellner, Weak Convergence and Empirical Processes     

抗氧化修饰低密度脂蛋白单克隆抗体的制备及其初步应用

用氧化修饰脂蛋白（ａ）对Ｂａｌｂ／ｃ小鼠免疫．利用淋巴细胞杂交瘤技术制备了鼠抗人氧化修饰低密度脂蛋白（ｏｘｉｄａｔｉｖｅｌｙｍｏｄｉｆｉｅｄｌｏｗｄｅｎｓｉｔｙｌｉｐｏｐｒｏｔｅｉｎ，ｏｘＬＤＬ）单克隆抗体细胞株．以单克隆抗体包被建立了酶联免疫吸附（ＥＬＩＳＡ）双抗夹心法．用此法对１０例冠心病患者、６例其他心脏病患者、１０例正常健康人血浆中ｏｘＬＤＬ的含量进行了测定．结果表明，冠心病患者血浆中ｏｘＬＤＬ水平明显高于其他心脏病组和正常对照组．本实验所建立的方法对诊断冠心病患者血浆中的ｏｘＬＤＬ具有重要意义     

建立有效的国有企业管理人员的激励和约束机制

如何充分发挥国有企业管理人员的才能 ?如何针对国有企业管理人员的行为特征建立有效的激励和约束机制 ,从而解决激励不力、约束不力的问题 ?对这些问题的回答也正是搞活国有企业的关键所在。论文尝试建立针对国有企业管理人员的有效的激励、约束机制 ,从而推动国有企业的改革 ,实现国有资产的保值增值。     

仿人智能控制器的模糊自整定

仿人智能控制器（ＨＳＩＣ）是一类实时鲁棒的智能控制器，被成功用于不少工业过程，但在实际应用中，控制器参数的整定仍然依靠专家来进行，考虑到ＨＳＩＣ控制器参数与系统闭环响应过程特征参数之间的模糊关系，本文提出了一类基于模糊推理的参数自整定方法并用于温度对象的控制中，表明该方法是有效的。     

Efficiency improvement from multiple perspectives: An application to Japanese banking industry

The current study focuses on efficiency improvement for banking systems from multiple perspectives, which have different definitions of input/output about various attributes of a banking system. In this research we utilize data envelopment analysis (DEA) and Nash bargaining game (NBG) theory to improve inefficient banks in order to: (1) Make the inefficient bank be the state of Pareto Optimality for multiple perspectives, which can avoid discontentment of some perspectives. (2) Improve a bank by changing its attributes and provide various improving schemes for decision makers. A numerical case study of Japanese banks is also given to show the results of equilibrium solution from multiple perspectives.     

中国企业出口与生产率关系实证研究——对制造业企业自我选择效应和出口中学效应的分析

运用2005—2008年中国14个制造业企业面板数据,分析企业出口的自我选择效应和出口中学效应,结果表明:中国制造业企业出口与生产率的关系违背异质性企业贸易模型,自我选择效应不显著,并且存在"生产率悖论";出口中学效应也不显著。虽然出口企业的生产率与出口规模正相关,但在控制其他影响出口规模的变量后,生产率与出口规模则呈现负相关;在控制其他影响生产率的变量后,出口规模与生产率同样也会呈现负相关。中国企业出口的自我选择效应不显著的原因在于其加工贸易等现实条件与经典理论假设的背离;而中国企业出口中学效应不明显的重要原因则在于其自我选择效应的不显著和规模报酬递减。     

Line balancing techniques as used for just-in-time ( JIT) product line optimization

This paper looks at the optimization of a production line similar to a just-in-time ( JIT) production flow line. It discusses the planning process, the types of products that can be ff e ectively processed on a JIT line, and the presently available procedures that should be followed when trying to optimize the production line. The article discusses the shortcomings of these techniques, then, based on research investigations, proceeds to recommend a process that will help assure optimization of a JIT process.     

FORRIDGE - Principles of good practice in material flow

The post World War II Industrial Revolution has driven production away from the old 'economies of scale' to the new 'economies of scope'. Apparently Japanese led, the associated roots of present good practice on material flow can be traced back in the USA to Jay Forrester and in the UK to Jack Burbidge. Specifically, in the supply chain scenario, Forrester exposed the importance of system structure in relating and integrating information flow with material flow. Similarly Burbidge led the way in exploiting cycle time reduction, synchronization of orders throughout the chain, simplified product structures, and streamlined component flows. This paper unites their contributions to material flow engineering and shows how present day system design methodologies incorporate their ideas on best practice. These principles are particularly relevant to the product delivery process (PDP) which governs material flow in supply chains.     

A note on second order slope rotatable designs over all directions

Hader and Park (1978) introduced second order slope rotatability in axial directions. Park (1987) introduced second order slope rotatabilty over all directions. It is shown that these designs have the additional properly that the sum of the variances of estimates of slopes in all directions at any point is a function of the distance of the point from the design origin.     

Chain ratio type estimator for ratio of two population m3ans using auxiliary characters

In this paper we have proposed chain ratio type estimators for ratio of two population means using two auxiliary characters. The expressions for bias and mean square error of these estimators have been derived. A comparison of the proposed estimator with that of double sampling estimator has been made in terms of mean square error. An emperical study has also been made.