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fractal power laws and scaling will be explained. The main part focuses on the estimation of the tail index as a scaling …
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Guttman (1947) developed a scaling method in which the items measuring an attribute can be ordered according to the … strength of the attribute. The Guttman scaling model assumes that every member of the population belongs to a scale type and … contingency tables, pi-star can be applied to latent class models, including scaling models for dichotomous data. This study …
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In July of 2002, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was passed by Congress, including section 404 which requires the auditors to test and opine on the company's internal controls. Since that time there has been much debate about whether the intended benefits of increased investor confidence and financial...
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processes, this study developed theoretical constructs for scaling and amalgamation of the different performance measures, and … for analyzing the different kinds of trade-offs. The scaling of performance measures yields a consistent or dimensionless … alternative methods for scaling and amalgamation. Also, recognizing that project outcomes are not always known with certainty, the …
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Standardization reduces complexity and increases predictability in a global supply chain. This predictability can be exploited for capacity management and resource allocation to meet client demands and achieve cost expectations. On this foundation of predictability a supply chain can expand,...
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The US Department of Energy (DOE) is privatizing the processing of hazardous and radioactive tank waste at the Hanford Site in Washington State. As part of the privatization process, a request for proposals describing the conditions and DOE`s expectations for contractor performance and...
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examines the calibration of a realparametric CAT bond for earthquakes that was sponsored by the Mexicangovernment. The … affect the valueof the losses caused by earthquakes, e.g. magnitude, depth, city impact,etc., we also derive the price of a … hypothetical modeled-index loss (zero)coupon CAT bond for earthquakes, which is based on the compound doublystochastic Poisson …
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earthquakes in Mexico. This thesis examines the calibration of a real parametric CAT bond for earthquakes that was sponsored by … the Mexican government. This thesis also derives the price of a hypothetical modeled loss CAT bond for earthquakes, which …
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Legalized gambling is being promoted as the economic development tool of the 1990's. All across America, communities are embracing an industry once relegated to the back rooms of seedy establishments run by shady characters of questionable moral standing. This new-found respect for gambling...
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This dissertation addresses how information technology (IT) affects science, andthe resulting implications for investments in IT and in research. The dissertation reviewsrelevant science policy literature and literature on the effects of information technology,and then examines in detail the...
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