In this paper, we propose a two-phase approach for designing a weekly scheduling template for outpatient clinics providing multiple types of services. In many outpatient clinics, various service types are categorized to address the operational challenge of substantial changeover time between...

Endowment warrants are long-term call options with an exercise price that is reduced whenever dividends are paid on the options' underlying shares so that over the decade-long life of the option the exercise price could fall to zero if anticipated share dividend growth occurs. This paper derives...

We revisit and extend the topic of secondary share sales and revisions in IPOs. First we test to determine if secondary share sales constitute a negative signal that is captured in aftermarket performance. We find secondary share sales in general are not correlated with poorer initial or...

This paper provides a method for testing for regime differences when regimes are long-lasting. Standard testing procedures are generally inappropriate because regime persistence causes a spurious regression problem - a problem that has led to incorrect inference in a broad range of studies...

Wind speed forecasting is critical for the operations of wind turbine and penetration of wind energy into electricity systems. In this paper, a novel time series forecasting method is proposed for this purpose. This method originates from TK (Taylor Kriging) model, but is properly modified for...

Accurately modeling the mean and volatility of wind speed can be beneficial to effective wind energy utilization. For this purpose, this paper evaluates the effectiveness of autoregressive moving average-generalized autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity (ARMA-GARCH) approaches for...

Short-term forecasting of wind speed and direction is of great importance to wind turbine operation and efficient energy harvesting. In this study, the forecasting of wind speed and direction tuple is performed. Four approaches based on autoregressive moving average (ARMA) method are employed...

Background: Limited evidence exists on the impact of nurse practitioner-managed diabetes mellitus care coordination programs in the primary care setting and specifically on the use of telehealth to manage veterans with diabetes in the home. Objective: To compare the impact of nurse...