Targets, inspections, and transparency

transParency of Policy targets: a Positive analysis

Expressible Inspections

A decision maker needs predictions about the realization of a repeated experiment in each period. An expert provides a theory that, conditional on each finite history of outcomes, supplies a probabilistic prediction about the next outcome. However, there may be false experts without any knowledge of the data-generating process who deliver theories strategically. Hence, empirical tests for predi...

Optimal Search for Hidden Targets by Unmanned Aerial Vehicles under Imperfect Inspections

Assume that a target is hidden or lost in one of several possible locations and is to be found by the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). A target can be either a hostile object or missing personnel in remote areas. Prior probabilities of target locations are known. Inspection operations done by the UAVs are imperfect, namely, probabilities of overlooking the hidden target and probabilities of false...

Structured Inspections of Code

Cleanroom programming and code inspections independently provide evidence that it is more eecient to postpone the testing of code to a later stage than is usually done. This paper argues that an additional gain in quality and eeciency of development can be obtained by structuring inspections by means of an inspection protocol. The written part of such a protocol is prepared by the programmer be...

Sample-Driven Inspections

The main objective of software inspections is to find faults in software artefacts. The benefits of inspections are reported from researchers as well as software organizations. In some studies, the fault detection in inspections has shown to be more efficient than other validation and verification activities. A problem, however, is that inspections sometimes are not as efficient and effective a...