The development of statistically efficient and computationally practicable estimation methods for the analysis of structural equation models with multiple nonlinear effects has been called for by substantive researchers in psychology, marketing research, and sociology. But the development of efficient methods is complicated by the fact that a nonlinear model structure implies specifically nonno...

We study the geometry of non-relatively hyperbolic groups. Generalizing a result of Schwartz, any quasi-isometric image of a non-relatively hyperbolic space in a relatively hyperbolic space is contained in a bounded neighborhood of a single peripheral subgroup. This implies that a group being relatively hyperbolic with non-relatively hyperbolic peripheral subgroups is a quasi-isometry invariant...

We propose a framework for constructing efficient code-based encryption schemes from codes that do not hide any structure in their public matrix. The framework is in the spirit of the schemes first proposed by Alekhnovich in 2003 and based on the difficulty of decoding random linear codes from random errors of low weight. We depart somewhat from Aleknovich’s approach and propose an encryption s...

We consider time series described by Markov chains that alternate periodically between different transition distributions, with conditional constraints involving unknown parameters. We obtain variance bounds and characterize efficient estimators for these parameters. Efficient estimators can be obtained as solutions of randomly weighted martingale estimating equations. Our model includes altern...

Several interesting group signature schemes have been proposed todate. However, in order for the entire group signature concept to become practical and credible, the problem of secure and efficient group member revocation must be addressed. In this paper, we construct a new revocation method for group signatures based on the signature scheme by Ateniese et al. [ACJT]. This new method represents...

We define the quasi-minimal elements of a set with respect to a convex cone and characterize them via linear scalarization. Then we attach to a general vector optimization problem a dual vector optimization problem with respect to quasi-efficient solutions and establish new duality results. By considering particular cases of the primal vector optimization problem we derive vector dual problems ...

[10, 22] presented various ways for introducing quasi-random numbers or derandomization in evolution strategies, with in some cases some spectacular claims on the fact that the proposed technique was always and for all criteria better than standard mutations. We here focus on the quasi-random trick and see to which extent this technique is efficient, by an in-depth analysis including convergenc...

An efficient and quantitative two phase freezing (TPF) method coupled with high performance liquid chromatography and UV-Vis detector was developed for the extraction, clean up and determination of clomiphene citrate (CLC) in plasma samples. The separation of two miscible solvents by TPF method permits that the CLC was efficiently removed from proteins and transferred into the relative aprotic ...

The solution of single-objective unit commitment problems for generation companies participating in deregulated markets may not directly be implementable mainly because of neglecting some conflicting secondary objectives arising from policy-making at internal/external environment. Benefiting an efficient multi-objective approach to improve the applicability of price-based unit commitment soluti...