Abstract. Industrial quality control is one of the most important activities in modern production systems. Each undetected quality flaw may have disastrous consequence not only for the functioning of products, but also from the view point of safety and financial losses. The methods used in...

Using the Bayesian multivariate Beveridge-Nelson decomposition method, this paper estimates China's output gap based on a multivariate dynamic model featuring distinct interactions among real output, inflation, money, and the exchange rate in China during the period 1980-2010. The authors...