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− When analyzing customer satisfaction data it is very often requested for the metrologist to provide a leverage index in order to identify which attribute of the product or service (predictor) needs to be improved to increase the satisfaction level (dependant variable). This is usually done by the means of a questionnaire with many items each covering an attribute and performing a quantitative...

This article examines one important component of the problem of implementing the federal government's Clean Air policy, namely, the difficulty of quantifying the rela­ tionship between emissions to the atmosphere and ambient air quality. Short·, middle·, and long.tenn contt"ol strategies are discussed with an emphasis on the information needed for their effective assessment and implemeDlation. ...

Simon’s and Theil’s certainty equivalence property justifies a convenient algorithm for solving dynamic programming problems with quadratic objectives and linear transition laws: first, optimize under perfect foresight, then substitute optimal forecasts for unknown future values. A similar decomposition into separate optimization and forecasting steps prevails when a decision maker wants a deci...

This paper examines the relationship between pay inequality, economic growth, and performance in Korea. Pay inequality is estimated using Theil’s index to identify the factors determining the level of pay inequality and establish its relationship with economic growth and performance. For the empirical results, we use panel data on the Korean manufacturing sector for the period 1993–2003. It app...