In this study, a more general single-index regression model was presented to characterize the relationship between a dichotomous response and covariates of interest. With M-phase (M≥2) case-control data supplemented by information on a response and certain covariates, we propose a pseudo...

In clinical and epidemiological studies, matched case-control designs have been used extensively to investigate the relationships between disease/response and exposure/covariate. Due to the retrospective nature of the study, some covariates may not be observed for all study subjects and missing...

In this paper, we present an algorithm to solve nonlinear semi-infinite programming (NSIP) problems. To deal with the nonlinear constraint, Floudas and Stein (SIAM J. Optim. 18:1187–1208, <CitationRef CitationID="CR8">2007</CitationRef>) suggest an adaptive convexification relaxation to approximate the nonlinear constraint function. The...</citationref>

Combustion is often used in the industry to produce required energy. Due to the increasing need of minimizing energy loss or pollution of combustors, keeping good performance of combustion control is highly desired. To achieve tight combustion control is not straightforward, because most of the...

This survey gives a brief overview of the literature on the difference-in-difference (DiD) estimation strategy and discusses major issues using a treatment effects perspective. In this sense, this survey gives a somewhat different view on DiD than the standard textbook discussion of the DiD...

This survey gives a brief overview of the literature on the difference-in-difference (DiD) estimation strategy and discusses major issues using a treatment effect perspective. In this sense, this survey gives a somewhat different view on DiD than the standard textbook discussion of the...

While the Cartwright Duffy and Cull inquiries investigated in some detail the health system processes that led to the specific instances of malpractice that prejudiced the health states of the main 'whistleblowers' a key element of these processes - the design incentives and monitoring of the...