In this paper we investigate a new class of central regions for probability distributions on Rd, called weighted-mean regions. Their restrictions to an empirical distribution are the weighted-mean trimmed regions investigated by Dyckerhoff and Mosler (2011) for d-variate data. Furthermore a new...

The empirical power of several test procedures is studied which test for homogeneity against mixtures of exponential distributions.

We consider four orthant stochastic orderings between random vectors X and Y that have finitely discrete probability distributions in IRk. For each of the orderings conditions have been developed that are necessary and sufficient for dominance of Y over X. We present an algorithm that checks...

Linear optimization problems are investigated whose parameters are uncertain. We apply coherent distortion risk measures to capture the violation of restrictions. Such a model turns out to be appropriate for many applications and, principally, for the mean-risk portfolio selection problem. Each...

A new procedure, called DD-procedure, is developed to solve the problem of classifying d-dimensional objects into q Ï 2 classes. The procedure is completely nonparametric; it uses q-dimensional depth plots and a very efficient algorithm for discrimination analysis in the depth space [0, 1]q ....

Die Studie untersucht Determinanten der Studiendauer und der Endnote von Kölner Studierenden im wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Grundstudium auf Grund einer Auswertung der Prüfungsdaten. Die Ergebnisse führen zu Empfehlungen für den individuellen Aufbau des Studiums und die Konzeption...

Diese Studie untersucht Determinanten der Studiendauer und der Endnote von Kölner Studierenden im wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Hauptstudium auf Grund einer Auswertung der Prüfungsdaten. Sie setzt eine entsprechende Studie über das Grundstudium (Mosler und Savine, 2004) fort. Die Ergebnisse...

Nonlinear autoregressive Markov regime-switching models are intuitive and frequently proposed time series approaches for the modelling of electricity spot prices. In this paper such models are compared to an ordinary linear autoregressive model with regard to their forecast performance. The...