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Asymptotic Theory for Multiple-Sample Semiparametric Density Ratio Models and Its Application to Mortality Forecasting

Lu, Guanhua - 2007

A multiple-sample semiparametric density ratio model, which is equivalent to a generalized logistic regression model, can be constructedby multiplicative exponential distortions of a reference distribution. Distortion functions are assumed to be nonnegative and of a known finite-dimensional...

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A Survey of Quality Assurance Practices in Biomedical Open Source Software Projects

Koru, Günes; El Emam, Khaled; Neisa, Angelica; Umarji, … - 2007

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Reliability factors in business software: volatility, requirements and end-users

Bowen, PL; Heales, J; Vongphakdi, MT - 2002

Many business-oriented software applications are subject to frequent changes in requirements. This paper shows that, ceteris paribus, increases in the volatility of system requirements decrease the reliability of software. Further, systems that exhibit high volatility during the development...

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A FRAMEWORK FOR SOFTWARE RELIABILITY MANAGEMENT BASED ON THE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROFILE MODEL

Khoshkhou, Arya - 2011

Recent empirical studies of software have shown a strong correlation between change history of files and their fault-proneness. Statistical data analysis techniques, such as regression analysis, have been applied to validate this finding. While these regression-based models show a correlation...

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Development of China's rural industry and measurement of its productive efficiency at firm level

Song, Xiaojiang

Using 1988-1992 data of 500 rural non-agricultural enterprises, which are collected from four counties of Sichuan …Using 1988-1992 data of 500 rural non-agricultural enterprises, which are collected from four counties of Sichuan …

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Technology and economic development: Three essays on innovation, pricing, and technology adoption.

Lybbert, Travis James. - Cornell University

The third essay focuses on farmer-level adoption of agricultural technology embodied in new seed varieties …The third essay focuses on farmer-level adoption of agricultural technology embodied in new seed varieties …

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The effects of agricultural price policies on the funding of agricultural research: Chile 1960-1988.

Ortiz, Jaime. - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Chilean governments have simultaneously used a combination of price policies and expenditures on agricultural research … in their efforts to enhance the performance of the agricultural sector. These two policy instruments, under changing … political environments, have had important distributional implications for agricultural producers and consumers. Neglecting the …

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Understanding and promoting adoption of conservation practices by rural landholders

Pannell, DJ; Marshall, GR; Barr, N; Curtis, A; Vanclay, F; … - 2006

Research on the adoption of rural innovations is reviewed and interpreted through a cross-disciplinary lens to provide practical guidance for research, extension and policy relating to conservation practices. Adoption of innovations by landholders is presented as a dynamic learning process....

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Cow-calf risk management among Kansas producers

Pope, Kelsey Frasier - 2009

Department of Agricultural Economics …

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