A simple connection between the Bartlett adjustment factor of the log likelihood ratio statistic and the normalizing constant of the p∗ formula–an approximate conditional density for the maximum likelihood estimate given an exact or an approximate ancillary statistic–was established...

In this paper, a new approximation of the marginal posterior distribution function is obtained. Moreover, for the location-scale model, by applying the shrinkage argument, a new approximation of the conditional distribution function of the signed likelihood ratio statistic given an ancillary...

A simple normal approximation for the cumulative distribution function of the F distribution is obtained via a general version of the modified signed log-likelihood ratio statistic. This approximation exhibits remarkable accuracy even when the degrees of freedom are small. Using the same...

In this poper we present a consistent spacification test of a parametric regression function against a general nonparametric alternative. The proposed test is based on wavelet estimation ant it is shown to have similar rates of convergence to the more commonly used kernel based tests.

The high-flux (≳ 1 MW/m2), elevated temperature (≳ 400 °C) stability of types 304 and 410 stainless steel has been investigated by the application of surface-sensitive probes. Significant photo-enhancement of the oxidation of the stainless steel has been observed with measured oxide...

Air preheater is one of key elements in today’s energy-saving technology. Its performance deeply depends on the underlying configuration for heat transfer. In this paper, the pressure drop and heat transfer characteristics of a high-efficiency plate-fin structure used in an air preheater are...

In this survey article, we report results on the existence of pure-strategy Nash equilibria in games with an atomless continuum of players, each with an action set that is not necessarily finite. We also discuss purification and symmetrization of mixed-strategy Nash equilibria, and settings in...