nonparametric method, based on reliability and survival data, are presented in detail. …

nonparametric regression method together with some advanced techniques in order to deal with potential problems. The second essay … capital accumulation and productive improvements? Our approach to the question utilizes a nonparametric derivative estimation …

management literature fails to investigate the influence of power on theunderlying organizational meaning systems and how meaning … situated in a theory of power. This study responds to Foucault’ssuggestion that knowledge should be re-examined in the change … management literature to betterunderstand the interlinked nature of power and knowledge. The study adopts Foucault’s regimes …

produced based on these twelve dimensions (special contract directive, power, performance, trust, commitment, loyalty, personal …

made. This thesis attempts to achieve this by using agent-based simulation to modelthe influence that power structures and … provides a critical review of the influence power structure andpersonality have on the brokering of scientific evidence that …, demonstrating the influence that power structureand personality has on agent receptivity and the confidence attached to a number of …

We define a new not yet investigated unit commitment problem that introduces an energy constraint to a thermal power … investigate the theory of upper bounds for a proper validation of our power plant results. In particular we provide an extension … for swing options with multiple exercises at the same stage. Finally we provide a risk analysis for our thermal power …

The State of Ohio receives 90% of its electricity from coal power plants. The City of Oberlin’s power provider, Oberlin … Municipal Light and Power Systems (OMLPS), is facing a 70% net annual shortfall in electric supply starting in January of 2013 …