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Precise Asymptotic Behavior of Ewens-Pitman Sampling Model
Get PDFThis thesis investigates the precise asymptotic behavior of the Ewens-Pitman sampling model. The Ewens-Pitman sampling model extends the classical Ewens sampling formula by incorporating both a diversity parameter and a mutation parameter, which jointly govern the distribution of partition structures. This model provides a flexible framework for studying species sampling processes, allowing for a more refined understanding of cluster growth and partition probabilities in large sample settings.
Through advanced asymptotic analysis, we derive fluctuation, moderate deviation, and large deviation principles for the number of species and the joint species frequency distribution . Our approach utilizes techniques such as contour deformation and the steepest descent method, resulting in precise deviation estimates and providing a systematic analysis of the joint distribution behavior of . These findings offer new insights into the rate of convergence and the probabilities of deviations from the limiting distributions as the sample size increases. The results have significant implications for understanding the behavior of the Ewens-Pitman model in large-sample settings and pave the way for further exploration in Bayesian nonparametrics and statistical genetics
Interview with Dana Sachs
No full textDana Sachs, graduate of UNCW's MFA program and part-time faculty member of the university's English department, is the author of the memoir The House on Dream Street and the novel If You Lived Here. In this interview, she discusses topics such as her connection to Vietnam and its culture, her experience in the MFA program, and her process of writing and research
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“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
2025. Dana Millbank
No full textDana Milbank is a nationally syndicated op-ed columnist with The Washington Post and a New York Times bestselling author. His column appears in the Post and hundreds of other newspapers. Milbank also has provided political commentary for MSNBC, CNN and various other TV and radio outlets, and he is the author of five books on politics, including Fools on the Hill, The Destructionists and Homo Politicus. Before starting the column, Milbank was a White House reporter for the Post and won the White House Correspondents’ Association Beckman award for “repeated excellence in White House coverage.” He previously worked as a political reporter in the Post’s Style section, as a senior editor of the New Republic, and as a congressional and foreign correspondent of the Wall Street Journal. He is a graduate of Yale University.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/jcjai_sympos_speakers/1012/thumbnail.jp
Pengaruh Strategi Keunggulan Biaya Dan Diferensiasi Terhadap Keberhasilan Usaha (Studi Kasus : Kta Dana Cinta)
Get PDFPitman dan Heni Iswati - STIE EKUITAS, BANDUNG ; Journal of Banking & Management Vol. 3, No.1, Agt 2019 ; ISSN : 2527-5135Banks play a very important role in the economy. Bank credit products, especially corporate credit, still dominate bank income. At present, there is, however, a downward trend in corporate lending rates due to the government's 'desire' to boost the real sector and business competition factors among Asean countries as well. Declining corporate interest rates tendency over the past few years generally has reduced bank revenue. Without neglecting corporate credit that still dominates the banking business, banks are trying to increase the credit portfolio by increasing consumer credit transactions. One of the consumer loans currently growing rapidly is unsecured loans (KTA). Competition in this business is of course unavoidable, so banks willing to survive must have a competitive strategy to achieve sustainable competitive advantage. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of cost leadership (low cost) and differentiation strategies for the success for Dana Cinta KTA product based on the generic strategy concept popularized by Porter and endorsed by Kottler & Keller and also by Dess & Davis and Ramanujam & Venkatraman for related indicators. Primary data was obtained through questionnaires for 75 respondents who were employees of Bank CTBC directly related to KTA Dana Cinta product. The research method used was descriptive and verificative methods.
To increase the growth of sales revenue, and market share (business success), Bank Management is advised to modify product attributes such as being unrevolving to become revolving facility based on benchmarking activities against competitors. In this digital era, tele-officer marketing activities need to be supported by promotional activities (advertisements) that can appear suddenly with short and interesting tag-line on the smartphones target market in addition to the standard website (which must be downloaded first). The loan balance transfer facility (rarely owned by other banks) needs to be activated on a large scale through a market penetration strategy
Dana Heller, 18th Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textDana Heller received her Ph.D. from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York in 1989. She joined the ODU English Department faculty in 1990 where she teaches American literature, literature theory, and gender studies. In addition to numerous articles, she is the author of The Feminization of Quest Romance: Radical Departures (Austin: University of Texas, 1990) and Family Plots The De-oedipalization of Popular Culture (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1995). She has also edited a collection of essays, Cross Purposes: Lesbian Studies, Feminist Studies, and the Limits of Alliance (Bloomington: Indiana University, Forthcoming, 1996.
Frances Dana Gage suffrage poem
No full textPoem written by Frances Dana Gage and published in the November 3, 1855, issue of Type of the Times, a Cincinnati news publication in support of the spelling reform movement. The poem, written in support of suffrage, is noted to have been read at a recent Woman's Rights Convention, held October 17–18, 1855, at Cincinnati's Smith & Nixon's Hall. Speakers and leaders included Martha Coffin Wright, Antoinette Brown, Ernestine Rose, Josephine Sophia White Griffing, Lucy Stone and Gage.
Frances Dana Barker Gage (1808-1884), of McConnelsville, Ohio, was an influential participant in the abolitionist, temperance and women's rights movements in Ohio in the years before the American Civil War. In spite of her work throughout the 1840s and 1850s, Gage did not see women gain significant ground in the years prior to the Civil War. After the war, when it became evident that women would not gain rights from the Fourteenth or Fifteenth Amendments, women began to establish a number of national organizations to seek the right to vote
Religious activism and the civil rights movement
No full textThis capstone analyzes one of the most powerful institutions within African American culture: the church. Dating back to slavery and rooted in southern Protestant tradition, religious worship and the black church played a vital role in shaping the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. This capstone examines the various social, economic, and political achievements that were made as a result of the leadership provided by the black church and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.M.A.Includes bibliographical references (p. 27)by Dana M. Ford
Talk piece with Woody Dana, 53, of Portland, author of City Skunks, a collec
No full textTalk piece with Woody Dana, 53, of Portland, author of City Skunks, a collection of poetry. Dana is nearly covered with tatoos, all done by local tatoo artist Ernie Villeneuve or the tatoo artists who work for him
Books piece on Dana Sawyer, author of Aldous Huxley: A Biography, who will
No full textBooks piece on Dana Sawyer, author of Aldous Huxley: A Biography, who will participate in a book signing at Casco Bay Books in Portand Oct. 17
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