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Adaptive weighting for flexible estimation in nonparametric regression models.
Nosedal-Sanchez, Alvaro - 2011
We propose a new method to find spatially adaptive smoothing splines. This new method breaks down the interval [0, 1] into p disjoint sub-intervals. Then we define p functional components in [0, 1], which have two importantfeatures. First, the purpose of each of these p components is to estimate...
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A method for forecasting owner monthly construction project expenditure flow
Skitmore, Martin - 1998
Under the normal conditions of construction contracts, the client is obliged to pay the contractor in monthly instalments. The amount of each instalment is based on the value of construction work actually produced in the previous month and forecasts are needed in advance of the likely value of...
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The International Competitiveness of the Table Egg Industry of Trinidad and Tobago
Harry, Edric - 2007
The research undertaken was four-fold. First, to investigate whether government policy provides protection and by extension, incentives for the local table egg farmers to remain in production. To do so, EPC's for all commercial farms in the industry were estimated to arrive at a weighted or...
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Empirical analysis and modeling of freeway incident duration
Kim, Woon - 2007
This study presents a set of models for predicting incident duration and identifying variables associated with the incident duration in the state of Maryland. The incident database for years 2003 to 2005 from the Maryland State Highway (MDSHA) database is used for model development, and year...
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Research of small capitalization stock portfolio efficiency
Kaškonas, Egidijus - 2010
Warshaw stock exchanges, evaluate efficiency of small capitalization stock portfolios. The first part of paper provides an … conclusions of the acceptability of the hypotheses are presented. This research reveals that small capitalization stock portfolios … achieve greater efficiency compared with large capitalization stock portfolios and the main stock market index in stock market …
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Demographic and economic trends in medical schemes--a time series analysis [Demografiese en ekonomiese tendense vir mediese skemas--'n tydreeksanalise.]
Hartshorne J.E.; Carstens I.L. - 1991
A time series analysis was performed on medical scheme statistics with the aim of determining current and future demographic and economic trends. This would enable one to reach a better perspective on the current and future financial dilemma presently experienced by medical schemes. Data for the...
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KUNDENZUFRIEDENHEIT IM NATURKOSTFACHHANDEL: DETERMINANTEN UND ERFOLGSWIRKSAMKEIT
Bolten, Jan; Kennerknecht, Raphael; Spiller, Achim; … - 2006
Der Beitrag analysiert den Einfluss der Kundenzufriedenheit auf den ökonomischen Erfolg im Naturkostfachhandel. Auf Basis einer Befragung von 885 Kunden und der Analyse der Betriebskennzahlen von 11 Naturkostfachgeschäften zeigt sich, dass die Kundenzufriedenheit ein relevanter Erfolgsfaktor...
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Internationaler intra- und interindustrieller Handel zwischen ungleichen Partnern. Empirischer Test eines Neo-Heckscher-Ohlin-Modells am Beispiel des Außenhandels Bulgariens mit de...
Pietschner, Margreta Stoyanova - 2001
Die Dissertationsarbeit hat zum Ziel, die Gültigkeit der Aussagen eines außenhandelstheoretischen Ansatzes der Neo-Heckscher-Ohlin-Modellklasse in der realen Welt zu überprüfen. Der gewählte Modellierungstyp erlaubt die Koexistenz internationalen intra- und inter-industriellen Handels. Da...
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Indirect Estimation of Linear Models with Ordinal Regressors. A Monte Carlo Study and some Empirical Illustrations.
Kukuk, Martin - 1998
This paper investigates the effects of ordinal regressors in linear regression models. Each ordered categorical variable is interpreted as a rough measurement of an underlying continuous variable as it is often done in microeconometrics for the dependent variable. It is shown that using ordinal...
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Data Mining: Modellierung, Methodik und durchführung ausgewählter Fallstudien mit dem SAS Enterprise Miner
Gottermeier, Christian - 2003
Die Arbeit beschreibt die Methodiken des Data Mining. Im Fokus steht hierbei die Modellierung der Verfahren KNN, Entscheidungsbaum und Regression. Bei der Durchführung von Fallstudien wird u.a. auf das Pre-Processing eingegangen.
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