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Inflation Reports and Models: How Well Do Central Banks Really Write?

Bulir, Ales; Hurnik, Jaromir; Smidkova, Katerina - Česká Národní Banka - 2013

We offer a novel methodology for assessing the quality of inflation reports. In contrast to the existing literature, which mostly evaluates the formal quality of these reports, we evaluate their economic content by comparing inflation factors reported by the central banks with ex-post...

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Methods for Extracting Knowledge

Stancu, Ana-Maria Ramona; Dragut, Bogdanel Marian; … - In: Knowledge Horizons - Economics 5 (2013) 2, pp. 201-204

The paper describes some methods of extracting knowledge from large amounts of data, and also the concepts of classification, regression and clustering. In terms of classification, it describes some of the techniques and methods, namely the decision trees, the Bayesian method, k-NN, etc. The...

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Cosmopolis: A Massively Multiplayer Online Game for Social and Behavioral Research

Spraragen, Marc; Landwehr, Peter; Ranganathan, Balakrishnan - In: Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation 16 (2013) 1, pp. 9-9

Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs), in their aspect as online communities, represent an exciting opportunity for studying social and behavioral models. For that purpose we have developed Cosmopolis, an MMOG designed to appeal to a wide variety of player types, and containing several key...

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A partial equilibrium model of the Malawi maize commodity market:

Mapila, Mariam A. T. J.; Kirsten, Johann F.; Meyer, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013

This paper presents a model of the Malawi maize commodity market that is developed for use as a policy analysis tool. The model captures national and local maize market dynamics and the linkages existing within the maize market in the country. This research has been undertaken in order to...

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Modelarea impactului riscurilor asupra performanţelor bancare

Gabriela-Cornelia, Piciu - In: Revista OEconomica (2006) 04

In Romania, the accumulation of pressures in economy, as result of its administration, have imposed both the need of changing he bases of economy’s evolution and the finding up of some mathematical patterns, which could model the transition towards the market economy and permit the aligning of...

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On the Nature, Modeling, and Neural Bases of Social Ties

Ridderinkhof, Richard; Stallen, Mirre; Winden, Frans … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

This paper addresses the nature, formalization, and neural bases of (affective) social ties and discusses the relevance of ties for health economics. A social tie is defined as an affective weight attached by an individual to the well-being of another individual (‘utility interdependence’)....

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Evaluating Participatory Modeling: Developing a Framework for Cross-case Analysis

Jones, Natalie A; Perez, Pascal; Measham, Thomas G; … - Ecosystems Sciences Division, Commonwealth Scientific … - 2008

Participatory modeling is increasingly recognised as an effective way to assist collective decision-making processes in … participatory modeling approach. This framework – known as the ‘Protocol of Canberra’ – was developed through a collaboration … between French and Australian researchers engaged in participatory modeling and evaluation research. The framework seeks to …

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Assessing vulnerabilities to the effects of global change: an eight step approach

Schröter, Dagmar; Polsky, Colin; Patt, Anthony - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 10 (2005) 4, pp. 573-595

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Scaling Uncertainties in Estimating Canopy Foliar Maintenance Respiration for Black Spruce Ecosystems in Alaska

Zhang, Xinxian; McGuire, A.; Ruess, Roger - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 11 (2006) 1, pp. 147-171

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Achieving the Kyoto Protocol in the U.S.: How Great are the Needed Changes?

Sutherland, Ronald - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 5 (2000) 2, pp. 123-142

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