Assuming that the proportion defective in a production process p is variable and the component lifetimes are Weibull distributed, integer nonlinear programming problems are formulated and solved in order to determine the optimum component inspection scheme by attributes for k-out-of-n:F system...

There is strong evidence that interest rates and bond yield movements exhibit both stochastic volatility and unanticipated jumps. The presence of frequent jumps makes it natural to ask whether there is a premium for jump risk embedded in observed bond yields. This paper identifies a class of...