We consider some particular cases of the general problem which consists of stating if a shift vector of m elements corresponds to a permutation of the same number of objects. Shifts are defined as the steps each element in a given permutation must perform in order to reach its natural position,...

This paper tests empirically the theoretical prediction that the country premium paid by emerging economies on sovereign debt increases with the amount of debt up to a certain critical level, above which the supply of foreign funds becomes fixed. The results confirm this theoretical prediction....

In this article, an IT infusion model was developed for the Nigerian health sector using teaching hospitals in Nigeria. The different IT technologies used by medical practitioners were identified. Structured questionnaires were used to elicit knowledge from respondents selected from teaching...

A graphical model is a statistical model that is associated with a graph whose nodes correspond to variables of interest. The edges of the graph reflect allowed conditional dependencies among the variables. Graphical models have computationally convenient factorization properties and have long...