Although vote intention polls are often used in the public debate as forecasts of future election outcomes, their predictive value has been subjected to scholarly inquiry. This research note contributes literature by assessing simultaneously at macro-level (polls), meso-level (parties), and micro-level (voters). We analyse presented main polling agencies Netherlands (covering seven cycles betwe...

Election polls are not only essential to measure electorates' political attitudes, preferences, and behavior but may also influence their formation. In this study, we evaluate election in Turkey, which have been increasingly popular criticized by actors the last years, from a survey methodology perspective investigate whether they follow internationally recognized standards. To end, collected c...

As networks are extremely heterogeneous, and application layer requires higher level o f flexibility in network performance and resource allocation, proactive management is beco ming an important research target. Main purpose of proactive management is to detect netw ork performance anomaly before its occurrence and undertake steps to rectify the conditions that lead to the anomaly. Since detec...

We introduce a penalized maximum likelihood approach for ranking all NCAA Division 1-A college football teams. The model does not consider margin of victory and is based solely on win/loss data. Despite the simplicity, the model leads to rankings which exhibit greater agreement with expert opinion (i.e. AP and Coaches polls) than the models historically and currently used by the Bowl Championsh...