Performance of a finite mixture model in CPUE standardization for a longline fishery with target change

Yellowfin CPUE Standardization for Taiwanese Distant Water Longline Fishery in the WCPO – with Emphasis on Target Change

investigating the feasibility of a proposed model for geometric design of deployable arch structures

deployable scissor type structures are composed of the so-called scissor-like elements (sles), which are connected to each other at an intermediate point through a pivotal connection and allow them to be folded into a compact bundle for storage or transport. several sles are connected to each other in order to form units with regular polygonal plan views. the sides and radii of the polygons are...

Explaining Heterogeneity in Risk Preferences Using a Finite Mixture Model

This paper studies the effect of the space (distance) between lotteries' outcomes on risk-taking behavior and the shape of estimated utility and probability weighting functions. Previously investigated experimental data shows a significant space effect in the gain domain. As compared to low spaced lotteries, high spaced lotteries are associated with higher risk aversion for high probabilities o...

A Prototype Agent Based Fishery Management Model of Hawaii’s Longline Fishery

The recent advent of agent-based modeling (ABM) and the availability of software platforms for its implementation offer a powerful alternative to model the spatio-temporal behaviors of a fishery with the consideration of heterogeneity and interactivity. This paper describes a prototype agent-based fishery management model of Hawaii’s longline fishery. The model simulates the daily fishing activ...

Toward Species-specific Catch and Cpue Time Series for Sharks Caught by the Japanese Longline Fishery in the Atlantic Ocean

This document introduces problems associated with shark catch data and CPUE indices using the Japanese longline fishery in the Atlantic as an example. A number of methods for addressing issues of under-reporting, short time series, and undifferentiated shark species are introduced including reporting rate filtering, comparison to observer datasets, covariate analysis, meta-analysis and tradebas...