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Colombia; Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes: Data Module; Response by the Authorities; and Detailed Assessments Using the Data Quality Assessment Framework

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006

The quality of the macroeconomic statistics is generally high, broadly conforming to international standards for compilation and dissemination, although coverage of illicit activities is poor. Executive Directors suggest reviewing the legal framework for statistical activity, including...

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Locational Effectiveness of Clinics Providing Sexual and Reproductive Health Services to Women in Rural Mozambique

Yao, Jing; Murray, Alan T. - In: International Regional Science Review 37 (2014) 2, pp. 172-193

Access to health facilities has long been considered an important factor, though not unique, impacting utilization of related health services. The location of health facilities is crucial for delivery of primary health care and social services. The identification of deficiencies in coverage as...

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Selecting Optimal Prices and Outpost Locations for Rural Vaccination Campaigns

Kim, Dohyeong; Lauria, Donald T.; Whittington, Dale - In: International Regional Science Review 37 (2014) 4, pp. 436-458

consideration. This article develops and applies an optimization model for planning vaccination programs. The model determines what …

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Optimization of polling systems with Bernoulli schedules

Blanc, Hans; van der Mei, R.D. - Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management - 1992

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Optimization of polling systems by means of gradient methods and the power-series algorithm

Blanc, Hans; van der Mei, R.D. - Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management - 1992

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Sensitivity analysis and related analysis : A survey of statistical techniques

Kleijnen, Jack P.C. - Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management - 1995

, (ii) uncertainty or risk analysis, (iii) screening, (iv) validation, and (v) optimization. The main question is: when …

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Sample-Path Optimization of Buffer Allocations in a Tandem Queue - Part I : Theoretical Issues

Gürkan, G.; Ozge, A.Y. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 1996

unreliable machines.We address the theoretical issues that arise when using sample-path optimization, a simulation …-based optimization method, to solve this problem.Sample-path optimization is a recent method to optimize performance functions of …-path optimization method converges almost surely when applied to the bu er allocation problem.Among the properties established …

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Optimal Tax Depreciation Lives and Charges under Regulatory Constraints

De Waegenaere, Anja; Wielhouwer, J.L. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2001

Depreciation is not only a representation of the loss in asset-value over time.It is also a strategic tool for management and can be used to minimize tax payments.In this paper we derive the depreciation scheme that minimizes the expected value of the present value of future tax payments for two...

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Intersection theorems with a continuum of intersection points

Talman, Dolf; Herings, P.J.J. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 1994

In all existing intersection theorems conditions are given under which acertain subset of acollection of sets has a non-empty intersection. In this paper conditions are formulated under which the intersection is a continuum of points satisfying some interesting topological properties. In this...

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Intersection theorems on the simplotope

Talman, Dolf; van der Laan, G. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 1993

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