Keyword: statistics: empirical

Found 890 papers in total
Cash management practices in Louisiana municipalities
Cash management practices in Louisiana municipalities
2002,
In this paper, we examine the cash management practices in the State of Louisiana and...
Impact of roadside features on the frequency and severity of run-off-roadway accidents: An empirical analysis
Impact of roadside features on the frequency and severity of run-off-roadway accidents: An empirical analysis
2002,
In the US, single-vehicle run-off-roadway accidents result in a million highway...
Modeling young driver motor vehicle crashes: Data with extra zeros
Modeling young driver motor vehicle crashes: Data with extra zeros
2002,
Many of the data collected on motor vehicle crashes are count data. The standard...
Congestion pricing and roadspace rationing: An application to the San Francisco Bay Bridge corridor
Congestion pricing and roadspace rationing: An application to the San Francisco Bay Bridge corridor
2002,
This paper presents an empirical application of a congestion–alleviation...
Reducts within the variable precision rough sets model: A further investigation
Reducts within the variable precision rough sets model: A further investigation
2001,
One fundamental aspect of the variable precision rough sets (VPRS) model involves a...
Exploring within-year budget adjustments in small to medium-size cities in West Virginia
Exploring within-year budget adjustments in small to medium-size cities in West Virginia
2001,
This study examined within-year budget execution based on data from small and...
Budgeting and fiscal management in transitional countries
Budgeting and fiscal management in transitional countries
2001,
The breadth and pace of fiscal management reform in countries in transition (CITs) has...
A genetic algorithm methodology for data mining and intelligent knowledge acquisition
A genetic algorithm methodology for data mining and intelligent knowledge acquisition
2001,
Data mining is a process that uses available technology to bridge the gap between data...
Modeling loss exchange ratios as inverse Gaussian variates: Implications
Modeling loss exchange ratios as inverse Gaussian variates: Implications
1998,
Loss Exchange Ratios (LER) are widely used as the summary of the results of a...
Centralized vs. decentralized purchasing: Current trends in governmental procurement practices
Centralized vs. decentralized purchasing: Current trends in governmental procurement practices
2000,
Today most public sector purchasing processes are in transition. In the face of...
Developing an incentive system to improve the efficiency of logistics between related enterprises
Developing an incentive system to improve the efficiency of logistics between related enterprises
2000,
The unit of competition is not a single firm any more, but group of firms. They make a...
Snapshot estimators of recent HIV incidence rates
Snapshot estimators of recent HIV incidence rates
1999,
The recent HIV incidence rate (or hazard rate for infection) is an important quantity...
Benchmarking as a performance management tool: Experiences among municipalities in North Carolina
Benchmarking as a performance management tool: Experiences among municipalities in North Carolina
2000,
Benchmarking takes three distinct forms in the public sector, each serving a different...
Benchmarking and cost accounting: The North Carolina approach
Benchmarking and cost accounting: The North Carolina approach
2000,
Benchmarking is a management tool that promotes process improvement. By comparing...
How agency conditions facilitate and constrain performance-based program systems: A qualitative inquiry
How agency conditions facilitate and constrain performance-based program systems: A qualitative inquiry
1999,
This paper examines how administrators in two very different Florida state agencies...
Implementing Florida's performance and accountability act: A focus on program measurement and evaluation
Implementing Florida's performance and accountability act: A focus on program measurement and evaluation
1999,
The 1990s brought major budget and management reform to the State of Florida. Foremost...
Sequential estimation of the guarantee times for systems of several exponential components
Sequential estimation of the guarantee times for systems of several exponential components
1998,
The minimum guaranteed lifetimes of series and parallel systems of components are the...
Endogeneity in brand choice models
Endogeneity in brand choice models
1999,
Applications of random utility models to scanner data have been widely presented in...
Comparisons of optimal accelerated test plans for estimating quantiles of lifetime distribution at the use condition
Comparisons of optimal accelerated test plans for estimating quantiles of lifetime distribution at the use condition
1999,
Accelerated life tests (ALTs) and accelerated degradation tests (ADTs) are widely used...
Nonlinear decision weights in choice under uncertainty
Nonlinear decision weights in choice under uncertainty
1999,
In most real-world decisions, consequences are tied explicitly to the outcome of...
You get what you pay for: Agency resources and local economic development policies
You get what you pay for: Agency resources and local economic development policies
1999,
This paper examines the relationship between and the effects of resource allocation...
Stalking Information: Bayesian inventory management with unobserved lost sales
Stalking Information: Bayesian inventory management with unobserved lost sales
1999,
Retailers are frequently uncertain about the underlying demand distribution of a new...
Developments in central government budgeting in Botswana
Developments in central government budgeting in Botswana
1999,
Botswana's budgeting system has historically grown from the position of dependence on...
The hidden process of budgeting: Execution
The hidden process of budgeting: Execution
1999,
Despite great attention paid to budget execution in the last decades by practitioners,...
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