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Time Varying Sensitivities on a GRID Architecture
No full textWe estimate time varying risk sensitivities on a wide range of stocks’ portfolios
of the US market. We empirically test, on the Fama and French database, a classic one
factor model augmented with a time varying specification of betas. Using a Kalman filter
based on a genetic algorithm, we show that the model is able to explain a large part
of the variability of stock returns. Furthermore we run a Risk Management application
on a GRID computing architecture. By estimating a parametric Value at Risk, we show
how GRID computing offers an opportunity to enhance the solution of computational
demanding problems with decentralized data retrieval
Fast adaptive penalized splines
Full text linkKrivobokova T, Crainiceanu CM, Kauermann G. Fast adaptive penalized splines. JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL AND GRAPHICAL STATISTICS. 2008;17(1):1-20.This article proposes a numerically simple method for locally adaptive smoothing. The heterogeneous regression function is modeled as a penalized spline with a varying smoothing parameter modeled as another penalized spline. This is formulated as a hierarchical mixed model, with spline coefficients following zero mean normal distribution with a smooth variance structure. The major contribution of this article is to use the Laplace approximation of the marginal likelihood for estimation. This method is numerically simple and fast. The idea is extended to spatial and non-normal response smoothing
Multi Criteria Decision Aiding Techniques to select Designs After Robust Design Optimisation
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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Multi Criteria Credit Rating (MCCR): a Credit Rating Assignment Process for Italian enterprises according to Basel II
No full textGeneralized Semiparametric Regression Models with Nonparametric Effects of Covariates Measured with Error
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