Keyword: statistics: inference

Found 793 papers in total
An application of multicriteria decision aid models in the prediction of open market share repurchases
2012,
This study presents the first attempt to develop classification models for the...
Optimal Marriage Fitting for Imperfect Statistics
2012,
The reconstruction of the marriage market from imperfect records is solved by the...
Pattern recognition for evaluator errors in a credit scoring model for technology‐based SMEs
2012,
A credit scoring model for technology‐based small and medium enterprises...
Mathematical modeling of quality in a medical structure: A case study
2011,
A mathematical model, based on a statistical system approach, has been implemented and...
Ridership effects of real‐time bus information system: A case study in the City of Chicago
2012,
In this paper, using longitudinal data on route level monthly average weekday...
A behavioral car‐following model that captures traffic oscillations
2012,
This paper presents a behavioral car‐following model based on empirical...
Using non‐parametric technologies to estimate returns to scale in the Iberian and international seaports
2012,
Unlike most studies of performance evaluation in the literature of the seaport...
Changes in hospital efficiency after privatization
2012,
We investigated the effects of privatization on hospital efficiency in Germany. To do...
Dynamics of the mental health workforce: investigating the composition of physicians and other health providers
2012,
We evaluate how changes to mental health workforce levels, composition, and degree of...
New proposals for the quantification of qualitative survey data
2011,
In this paper we propose and evaluate two new methods for the quantification of...
Product defect rate confidence bound with attribute and variable data
2011,
The upper confidence bound for a product defect rate is a very important index for...
Shewhart and EWMA t control charts for short production runs
2011,
Short-run productions are common in manufacturing environments like job shops, which...
Beyond point forecasting: Evaluation of alternative prediction intervals for tourist arrivals
2011,
This paper evaluates the performances of prediction intervals generated from...
Advances in forecasting with neural networks? Empirical evidence from the NN3 competition on time series prediction
2011,
This paper reports the results of the NN3 competition, which is a replication of the...
An evaluation of technical efficiency and managerial correlates of solid waste management by Welsh SMEs using parametric and non‐parametric techniques
2012,
Strong economic growth and environmental regulation stimulus make Welsh small and...
Impact of batch appointments on no‐show rates: a public vs private clinic perspective
2012,
Much of the appointment‐scheduling literature has characterized the impact of...
Forecasting Brazilian presidential elections: Solving the N problem
2012,
The use of election forecasting models is common practice in the US and other...
Investigating employee attitudes and beliefs using commitment and situational predictors
2012,
Organisations are continually changing their strategies, structures, policies,...
Measurements of excellence in a supply chain
2012,
Organisations focus on having an excellent supply chain to increase net income. But...
A new control chart based on the loess smooth applied to information system quality performance
2012,
Sometimes to measure the performance of an information system, unusually long response...
Do professional hockey teams with a two‐goal lead lose more often than they should?
2012,
There is a popular notion that hockey teams blow two‐goal leads more often than...
Facing the classification of binary problems with a GSA‐SVM hybrid system
2013,
This paper hybridizes the gravitational search algorithm (GSA) with support vector...
The private and social cost efficiency of port hinterland container distribution through a regional logistics system
2012,
The most immediate priority appears to be the customs and intermodal logistics...
Ex‐post analysis of impacts of the car registration fee in the Czech Republic
2012,
Currently, the influence of transportation and its impact on environmental indicators...
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