In this paper we investigate the application of generalized polynomial chaos (gPC) for optimal control based aircraft safety assessment with parameter uncertainties. The approach is based on the formulation of an appropriate optimal control problem to obtain worst case inputs. The criterion to be assessed is introduced in the cost function and the numerical solution is obtained using direct opt...

This paper analyzes the implications of potential offenders caring about their relative status. We establish that subjects’ status concerns can result in multiple-equilibrium crime rates and may modify the standard comparative-statics results regarding how the crime rate changes in response to a higher detection probability and higher sanctions. In addition, we argue that the socially optimal l...

This paper studies the implications of strain theory for equilibrium crime rates in a simple economic model by assuming that potential offenders care about their relative position. We establish that subjects’ status concerns allow for multiple crime rate equilibria and that these positional preferences may modify the results regarding predictions about how crime changes in response to a higher ...

The expected objective of this research is to examine empirical evidence regarding the influence independence, integrity, editor ethics, experience, and audit time limits on quality at Inspectorate Office South Sumatra Province. population in study were all Civil Servants (PNS) as government internal control officers Province, totaling 111 people, with sampling using saturated so that populatio...