Due to the huge thermal mass of buildings and the district heating (DH) network, room temperatures in buildings do not change much when the heat output from the heat source varies significantly during the day. Therefore, a combined heating and power (CHP) plant can vary its power output during...

Robust variable selection procedures through penalized regression have been gaining increased attention in the literature. They can be used to perform variable selection and are expected to yield robust estimates. However, to the best of our knowledge, the robustness of those penalized...

In this article, we derive the distribution of partially exchangeable binary random variables, generalizing the distribution of exchangeable binary random variables and hence the binomial distribution. The distribution can be viewed as a mixture of Markov chains. We introduce rectangular...

In this article, we propose to estimate the regression parameters in a semiparametric generalized linear model by moment estimating equations. These estimators are shown to be consistent and asymptotically normal. We present two estimators of the nonparametric part, provide conditions for the...

Many emerging economies recently have launched ambitious efforts to privatize state-owned enterprises (SOEs). However, not all privatization entails complete ownership transfer from public to private hands. In many industries, especially in infrastructure industries, privatization has often been...