The Skew Normal (SN, hereafter) class of densities has posed several and interesting inferential problems. In particular, the maximum likelihood estimator of the shape parameter λ may take infinite values with positive sampling probability. To overcome these problems we propose an objective Bayesian approach, based on reference priors. We show that the reference prior for λ is proper when λ is ...

in this paper, drift change point estimation in the mean of polynomial profiles is considered. for this purpose, the proposed change point estimator is computed using maximum likelihood approach. performance of the proposed estimator is evaluated using monte carlo simulations when t2 control chart issues an out-of-control signal. simulation results show that the performance of the proposed esti...

The replacement of code theories of communication by inferential theories has implications for the study of linguistic meaning. This paper surveys some of these implications and outlines an inferential theory – relevance theory – with which semantic analyses of context-dependent expressions, polysemous and ambiguous expressions, and non-truth-conditional expressions (e.g. mood indicators, disco...

this paper presents a discrete-time robust control for electrically driven robot manipulators in the task space. a novel discrete-time model-free control law is proposed by employing an adaptive fuzzy estimator for the compensation of the uncertainty including model uncertainty, external disturbances and discretization error. parameters of the fuzzy estimator are adapted to minimize the estimat...

Not all empirical work in the psychology of perception has operated explicitly within a theoretical framework. But when it has, that framework has usually been provided by the inferential theory of perception. I argue that in spite of its explanatory strengths, the inferential theory of perception conceals a well-established empirical phenomenon. That phenomenon is known in ordinary parlance as...

There is evidence that the cognitive vulnerabilities featured in the hopelessness theory of depression-inferential styles for the causes, consequences, and self-worth implications of negative events-increase risk for depression. Given this, it is important to understand how these inferential styles develop. In this study, we examined the impact of overt and relational peer victimization in a mu...