The first period of the transition to a market economy was characterised by a high rate of job-change in many transition countries. This was no different for East Germany. This paper analyses the consequences of the transition process for East German workers in their old job. We quantify the...

We present a stochastic model for single cell gel electrophoresis (COMET-assay) data. Essential is the use of point process structures, renewal theory and reduction to intensity histograms for further data analysis.

Typical problems in the analysis of data sets like time-series or images crucially rely on the extraction of primitive features based on segmentation. Variational approaches are a popular and convenient framework in which such problems can be studied. We focus on Potts models as simple...

We introduce coupling from the past, a recently developed method for exact sampling from a given distribution. Focus is on rigour and thorough proofs. We stay on an elementary level which requires little or no prior knowledge from probability theory. This should fill an obvious gap between...

We present a stochastic model for single cell gel electrophoresis (COMET-assay) data. Essential is the use of point process structures, renewal theory and reduction to intensity histograms for further data analysis.

Typical problems in the analysis of data sets like time-series or images crucially rely on the extraction of primitive features based on segmentation. Variational approaches are a popular and convenient framework in which such problems can be studied. We focus on Potts models as simple...

In dieser Stellungnahme äußert sich das IAB zu einem Antrag der Fraktion der Piraten des Landtags von Nordrhein-Westfalen zur Aussetzung der Sanktionen im ALG-II-Bezug (Drucksache 16/4162). Die Fraktion der Piraten fordert eine Aussetzung der Sanktionen im ALG-II-Bezug, weil ihrer Ansicht nach...