Population statistics without a Census or register

Portfolio Management without Probabilities or Statistics

Considered here is on-line portfolio management aimed at maximizing the long-run growth of financial wealth. The portfolio is repeatedly rebalanced in response to observed returns on diverse assets. Suppose statistical information and related methods are not available or deemed too difficult. On that assumption this paper explores how an adaptive procedure, which totally dispenses with statisti...

A new web-based interface to British census of population origin ^ destination statistics

Population censuses are among the primary sources of information on directional flows of migrants between places of usual residence, and of commuters between places of dwelling and work in Great Britain. The use of census origin ^ destination counts has in the past been restricted by data complexities and the lack of user accessibility. In order to improve accessibility a new, web-based interfa...

P2P Decentralized Population Census

We describe a framework and investigate techniques for running decentralized census processes that enable observers to independently verify governmental data. Census is a process impacting important issues such as the amount of funding that a community will get from a central government and its representation in the Congress. Correct census is essential for detecting vote stuffing. Census has b...

Spatial Distribution Of Iranian Population In Canada: A Portrait Using The 2001 Census Data

Should the next South African census be register-based?

Editorials 134 All governments need detailed information on their populations to design and run their health systems effectively. Most countries collect a large part of these data through a census; an exercise often held once every decade that aims to count every inhabitant of every household. With growing populations, the census becomes progressively more difficult and costly. Some countries a...