Actuarial Study on Equal Progressive and Equal Ratio Progressive Repayment Model

On equal μ-terms

We consider the rewrite system Rμ with μx.M →μ M[x := μx.M] as its single rewrite rule, where the signature consists of the variable binding operator commonly denoted by μ, first-order symbols, which in this paper are restricted to a binary function symbol F, and possibly some constant symbols. This kernel system denoting recursively defined objects occurs in several contexts, e.g. it is the fr...

Progressive-ratio schedules and applied behavior analysis.

Establishing appropriate relations between the basic and applied areas of behavior analysis has been of long and persistent interest to me (e.g., Friman & Poling, 1996; Poling, Picker, Grossett, Hall-Johnson, & Holbrook, 1981; Porritt, Van Wagner, & Poling, 2009). Therefore, I read with enthusiasm the collection of articles on progressive-ratio (PR) schedules that appeared in the Summer 2008 is...

Equal pay for work of equal value.

A JOB evaluation exercise is being carried out in 20 UK trusts this month. It involves only 60 nurses and yet the results will help determine how you are paid for years to come.

Equal Opportunity.

RANKING DMUS ON THE BENCHMARK LINE WITH EQUAL SHADOW PRICES

Data envelopment analysis (DEA) with considering the best condition for each decision making unit (DMU) assesses the relative efficiency for it and divides a homogenous group of DMUs in to two categories: efficient and inefficient, but traditional DEA models can not rank efficient DMUs. Although some models were introduced for ranking efficient DMUs, Franklin Lio & Hsuan peng (2008), proposed a...