Testing monotonic equilibrium residual entropy of N-State Random Evolution

In this study, we propose an information measure of uncertainty associated with the random equilibrium residual lifetime of a system driven by N-State Random Evolution. A U-statistic test driven by a moment inequality is proposed for testing the hypothesis that the uncertainty of equilibrium remaining life of a system remains unchanged (when system is in the steady state) against the alternative situation when system’s equilibrium residual life has increasing uncertainty over time (i.e., the life distribution has Increasing Equilibrium Residual Entropy property). Some numerical results such as tabulated critical values and empirical power of the proposed test statistic are presented as well.     

平实的深刻:论朱自清的《新诗杂话》

《新诗杂话》是朱自清先生研究中国现代新诗的一部著作。朱先生在这部诗学著作中,坚守诗歌文本的分析,坚持对诗歌意义进进缜密详实的“解读”,并认为这是新诗研究的基础。论及范围宽泛,富于创见性,是这部著作的显著特点。以“解诗”为出发点,《新诗杂话》探讨了诗与感觉、诗与哲理、诗与幽默、抗战与诗、诗与建国、诗的形式、歌谣与译诗、新诗的进步性、新诗的发展趋势等诸多关系,平实而深刻,精确而简洁,“将深化为浅”是《新诗杂话》最富于生机与活力的语言叙述原则。     

Confidence intervals for treatment effect from restricted maximum likelihood

An explicit form of confidence intervals for the treatment effect in random effects meta-analysis model obtained from Harville–Jeske–Kenward–Roger approach is given. These restricted likelihood based intervals are compared to alternative procedures commonly used in collaborative studies when the number of participants is small and study-specific variances are heterogeneous. Monte Carlo simulation experiments show that the former intervals have quite conservative coverage probabilities and favor the latter intervals.     

Uniform Convergence of Compactly Supported Wavelet Expansions of Gaussian Random Processes

New results on uniform convergence in probability for expansions of Gaussian random processes using compactly supported wavelets are given. The main result is valid for general classes of non stationary processes. An application of the obtained results to stationary processes is also presented. It is shown that the convergence rate of the expansions is exponential.     

The Representation of Hypergeometric Random Variables using Independent Bernoulli Random Variables

In this paper, we show that a hypergeometric random variable can be represented as a sum of independent Bernoulli random variables that are, except in degenerate cases, not identically distributed. In the proof, we use the factorial moment generating function. An asymptotic result on the probabilities of the Bernoulli random variables in the sum is also presented. Numerical examples are used to illustrate the results.     

自然数幂方和的一个巧妙猜想

文章将利用已知的几种特殊的自然数的幂方和,研究其算法特征,进而给出并证明了自然数幂方和的一个巧妙猜想,希望这一猜想能给自然数的幂方求和寻求更简单的方法提供一些新思路.     

Pooled Cross-Sectional and Time Series Data: A Survey of Current Statistical Methodology

A data base that provides a multivariate statistical history for each of a number of individual entities is called a pooled cross-sectional and time series data base in the econometrics literature. In marketing and survey literature the terms panel data or longitudinal data are often used. In management science a convenient term might be management data base. Such a data base provides a particularly rich environment for statistical analysis. This article reviews methods for estimating multivariate relationships particular to each individual entity and for summarizing these relationships for a number of individuals. Inference to a larger population when the data base is viewed as a sample is also considered.     

A statistical measure of internal consistency

A test for homogeneity of several populations against the simple tree alternative is proposed when the observations in various groups are subject to the same pattern of random right-censorship. The test is a generalization of the one proposed by Slivka (1970) which is useful when testing time is expensive so that an early termination of an experiment is desirable. The power of the test is examined in a simulation study.