In this paper, a cumulative sum based statistical method is used to detect faults in the Tennessee Eastman Process (TEP). The methodology is focused on three particular faults that could not be observed with other fault detection methodologies previously reported. Hotelling’s-T charting based on the cumulative sums of the faults’ relevant variables was successful in detecting these faults, howe...

Based on the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS) of firms in transition countries, which unbundles corruption to measure different types of corrupt transactions and provide detailed information on the characteristics and performance of firms, we find that: i) corruption reduces FDI inflows and attracts lower quality investment in terms of governance standards; ii) in ...

FDI enterprises from the same source country agglomerated in a region in China, i.e., a geographical agglomeration, was a main trend in recent years. An oligopoly output competition model was therefore developed between FDI enterprises and host country enterprises, with a conjectural variable introduced to weigh up the cooperation level between relevant enterprises, thus simulating and analyzin...

The POLYBOX example is a standard example within the AI-field of modelbased diagnosis research. Here, this example is discussed in the perspective of structured hypothesis tests (SHT). Even though the SHT framework was primarily developed for handling systems with noise, it has here been shown that it can perform very well in also noise-free systems. In the POLYBOX example, it manage to always ...

International mergers and acquisitions have become the preferred mode of overseas investment by multinational companies, accounting for the bulk of FDI in the developed world and for increasing shares in the developing world. However, many government s express concern about this mode of MNC entry, preferring 'greenfield' investments to the takeover of national firms. This paper provides an over...

This paper analyses the role of exchange rates in the competition for FDI. Based on the assumption that two countries compete for FDI from the same source country, the paper shows explicitly that the relative FDI of one country is determined by the relative real exchange rate between its currency and that of the source country. The theoretical result suggests that, if the currency of one FDI re...

This paper reviews the use of diagnostics in buildings, both in commissioning and in operations and maintenance. The difference between fault detection and fault diagnosis is defined. The kinds of fault that can arise at different stages of the building life cycle are described and the ways that these different kinds of fault can be detected are discussed. Other issues addressed include manual ...