a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t In many applications it is desirable to infer coarse-grained models from observational data. The observed process often corresponds only to a few selected degrees of freedom of a high-dimensional dynamical system with multiple time scales. In this work we consider the inference problem of identifying an appropriate coarse-grained model from a single time se...

background road traffic accidents and their related deaths have become a major concern, particularly in developing countries. iran has adopted a series of policies and interventions to control the high number of accidents occurring over the past few years. in this study we used a time series model to understand the trend of accidents, and ascertain the viability of applying arima models on data...

sulfur dioxide has two important sources in the atmosphere and this is why most of scientists believe in a geographic split in the globe. power plants, major emitter of so2, are located in north hemisphere such as in russia, china, canada and the usa. in south hemisphere, phytoplankton produces a massive amount of dimethyl sulfide (dms) and dimethyl disulfide (dmds). then these types of reduced...

in the management of river basins, prediction of river water quality is essential to maintain water quality within standard limits. this study performed a time-series analysis of the prediction of chlorine concentration and electrical conductivity time series data for the period of 1991-2005 from sefidrood river in northern iran. the seasonal prediction of chlorine and electrical conductivity t...

this paper addresses the mixed integer reliability redundancy allocation problems to determine simultaneous allocation of optimal reliability and redundancy level of components based on three objective goals. system engineering principles suggest that the best design is the design that maximizes the system operational effectiveness and at the same time minimizes the total cost of ownership (tco...

This paper comments on the multivariate GARCH modeling of federal funds and the 3-month Treasury bill rate by Kyrtsou and Vorlow. 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. JEL classification: G0; C4

Organizational learning theory suggests that organizations “learn from experience” and are thus able to adapt their range of potential behaviors through the processing of information. Our research integrates this perspective with information systems economics theory and empirically tests whether new information technology investments contribute to an organization’s ability to learn from experie...