Many empirical networks display an inherent tendency to cluster, i.e., to form circles of connected nodes. This feature is typically measured by the clustering coefficient (CC). The CC, originally introduced for binary, undirected graphs, has been recently generalized to weighted, undirected networks. Here we extend the CC to the case of (binary and weighted) directed networks and we compute it...

A generic random effects formulation for the Dirichlet negative multinomial distribution is developed together with a convenient regression parameterization. A simulation study indicates that, even when somewhat misspecified, regression models based on the Dirichlet negative multinomial distribution have smaller median absolute error than generalized estimating equations, with a particularly pr...

some necessary and sufficient conditions are given for the existence of a g-positive (g-repositive) solution to adjointable operator equations $ax=c,axa^{left( astright) }=c$ and $axb=c$ over hilbert $c^{ast}$-modules, respectively. moreover, the expressions of these general g-positive (g-repositive) solutions are also derived. some of the findings of this paper extend some known results in the...

BACKGROUND Cluster randomized trials (CRTs) are increasingly used to assess the effectiveness of interventions to improve health outcomes or prevent diseases. However, the efficiency and consistency of using different analytical methods in the analysis of binary outcome have received little attention. We described and compared various statistical approaches in the analysis of CRTs using the Com...

We consider generalized partially linear measurement error models when the linear covariate is measured with additive errors. Estimators of parameter and nonparametric function obtained by local liner regression with kernel weight, the SIMEX technique, and generalized estimating equation are proposed. The asymptotic normality of the estimate of the parameter and the asymptotics of the estimate ...

We describe an extension of the pseudo maximum likelihood (PML) estimation method developed by Skinner (1989) to multistage strati ̄ed cluster sampling designs, including ̄nite population and unequal probability sampling. We conduct simulation studies to evaluate the performance of the proposed estimator. The estimator is also compared to the general estimating equation (GEE) method for linear r...

One major problem in cluster analysis is the determination of the number of clusters. In this paper, we describe both theoretical and experimental results in determining the cluster number for a small set of samples using the Bayesian-Kullback Ying-Yang (BYY) model selection criterion. Under the second-order approximation, we derive a new equation for estimating the smoothing parameter in the c...

this article is devoted to study of the autoconvolution equations and generalized mittag-leffler functions. these types of equations are given in terms of the laplace transform convolution of a function with itself. we state new classes of the autoconvolution equations of the first kind and show that the generalized mittag-leffler functions are solutions of these types of equations. in view of ...