This dissertation consists of three chapters, each of which proposes methods to deal with the "many moments" problem in a different model. Chapter I develops shrinkage methods for solving the "many moments" problem in the context of instrumental variable estimation. The procedure can be...

How brand slogans can influence and change the consumers’ perception of image of products has been a topic of great interest to marketers. However, it is a non-trivial task to evaluate how brand slogans affect their customers’ emotions and how the emotions influence the customers’...

Resource management including resource allocation, levelling, configuration and monitoring has been recognised as critical to design decision making. It has received increasing research interests in recent years. Different definitions, models and systems have been developed and published in...