1. Overview Comparative statics (called sensitivity analysis in engineering fields) means characterizing how the endogenous outcomes of a model change with its exogenous parameters. The " statics " in the name is because one is simply comparing two versions of the model, for two different values of exogenous parameters, rather than tracing out a dynamic process of change. One can do comparative...

Learning in the subject of Engineering Statics deserves significant attention. First, Statics lays the foundation for subsequent courses, namely Dynamics and Strength of Materials, both of which rely heavily on free body diagrams and on recognizing the combined effect of forces. While there are new ideas which are emphasized in engineering dynamics, instructors in this subject inevitably find t...

My dissertation consists of three chapters. Chapters 1 and 2 both address extensions to existing monotone comparative statics results for constrained optimization problems using lattice programming techniques. Chapter 3 applies monotone comparative statics results to the question how environmental regulation affects investment in innovation in imperfectly competitive markets. Generally we can d...

These shortcomings can be overcome if we have some way to estimate residual statics before velocity analysis. F-X filtered common offset gathers are used by Chan (1996) as the model for residual statics analysis before velocity is available, because the common offset domain is the only dimension in seismic surface geometry which is theoretically independent to the velocity information. Chan (19...