We consider pessimistic bilevel stochastic programs in which the follower maximizes over a fixed compact convex set strictly quadratic function, whose Hessian depends on leader's decision. The resulting random variable is evaluated by risk measure. Under assumptions including real analyticity of lower-level goal we prove existence optimal solutions. discuss an alternate model where leader hedge...

given the scarcity of water resources using modern methods of irrigation in agriculture will be inevitable. today, process improvement, development and use of drip irrigation practices as one of the most advanced methods of irrigation in agriculture is increasing. so this study was conducted to determine the impacts of irrigation interval and drip irrigation method and their interactions on yie...

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is a mathematical programming-based approach for evaluates the relative efficiency of a set of DMUs (Decision Making Units). The relative efficiency of a DMU is the result of comparing the inputs and outputs of the DMU and those of other DMUs in the PPS (Production Possibility Set). Also, in Data Envelopment Analysis various models have been developed in order to...

Bootstrap confidence intervals on fixed-effects efficiency estimates from finite-sample panel data models exhibit low coverage probabilities, because the traditional estimate involves a "max" operator that induces a finite sample bias. Attempts to bootstrap confidence intervals for the traditional estimate have focused on correcting bias. Rather than addressing this bias at the bootstrap stage,...

In this paper Malmquist productivity index(MPI) for decision making unit(DMU) with interval data has been evaluated.A method for assessing Malmquist productivity index using cost efficiency also has been developed.The applicability of the methods developed is illustrated in the context of the analysis of groups of teaching of university performance.

In this paper, we suggest interval diagram techniques for formal verification of real-time systems modeled by means of timed automata. Interval diagram techniques are based on interval decision diagrams (IDDs)—representing sets of system configurations of, e.g., timed automata—and interval mapping diagrams (IMDs)— modeling their transition behavior. IDDs are canonical representations of Boolean...

This paper presents the pessimistic time complexity analysis of the parallel algorithm for minimizing the fleet size in the pickup and delivery problem with time windows. We show how to estimate the pessimistic complexity step by step—this approach can be easily adopted to other parallel algorithms for solving complex transportation problems.

OBJECTIVE To examine a measure of explanatory style, the Optimism-Pessimism (PSM) scale derived from college-entry Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory scores, as a predictor of all-cause mortality. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A total of 7007 students entering the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill completed the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory during the mid-1960s. Of tho...