The traditional hypothesis of “rationality” is far from perfect. Models of fairness solely based on consequence cannot explain why the same consequence of an action is perceived and reciprocated differently. A reciprocity model which accounts for both consequence and its underlying intention...

The comparison of increasing doses of a compound to a zero dose control is of interest in medical and toxicological studies. Assume that the mean dose effects are non-decreasing among the non-zero doses of the compound. A simple procedure that modifies Dunnett's procedure is proposed to...

Alvo and Cabilio [Alvo, M., Cabilio, P., 1995b. Testing ordered alternatives in the presence of incomplete data. J. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 90, 1015-1024] extended the Page and Jonckheere tests when randomized blocks are incomplete. Here we use the step-down testing procedure of Marcus...

Dykstra and Robertson [1983. On testing monotone tendencies. J. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 78, 342-350] proposed the likelihood ratio tests for testing "decreasing on the average" which is closely related to the "starshaped ordering" discussed in Shaked [1979. Estimation of starshaped sequences of...

In this paper, we consider convex optimization problems with cone constraints (CPC in short). We study generalized weak sharp minima properties for (CPC) in the Banach space and Hilbert space settings, respectively. Some criteria and characterizations for the solution set to be a set of...

The paraffin/expanded graphite (EG) composite phase change material (PCM) was prepared by absorbing liquid paraffin into EG, in which paraffin was chosen as the PCM. EG was produced by microwave irradiation performed at room temperature. It was found that the EG prepared at 800W irradiation...

The primary purpose of our paper is to evaluate environmental performance as well as to model some nonseparable inputs and outputs using the data envelopment analysis (DEA) model. The efficiency analysis takes emission quota into consideration with the objectives of minimizing both total...

This paper considers a multi-product newsboy system that produces multiple products for fulfilling independently uncertain demands, which share the same production capacity. To deal with possible shortage of limited capacity, productions can be outsourced. We consider two outsourcing strategies:...

When a Make-To-Order (MTO) enterprise receives a bidding invitation from a customer, he does not know the demand is price-sensitive or time-sensitive. In order to increase the possibility of winning this contingent order, the enterprise tenders his bid with two options characterized with price...