Using some standard Hilbert space theory a simpli"ed approach to computing e$ciency bounds in semiparametric models is presented. We use some interesting examples to illustrate this approach and also obtain some results which seem to be new to the literature. 2001 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved. JEL classixcation: C14

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It is known that in the field of learning theory based on reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces the upper bounds estimate for a K-functional is needed. In the present paper, the upper bounds for the K-functional on the unit sphere are estimated with spherical harmonics approximation. The results show that convergence rate of the K-functional depends upon the smoothness of both the approximated func...

In the present paper, a new 2-D Van der Polstructural oscillator model is introduced for the vortex induced vibrations of circular cylinders.The main purpose of this task is to control the recently introduced model by means of modern control definitions in state space. In order to control the system, the whole model is linearized about its equilibrium point by deriving state-space matrices. The...

Model checking is an automatic technique for software verification through which all reachable states are generated from an initial state to finding errors and desirable patterns. In the model checking approach, the behavior and structure of system should be modeled. Graph transformation system is a graphical formal modeling language to specify and model the system. However, modeling of large s...

neither damage mechanics model nor elastoplastic constitutive law can solely describe the behavior of concrete satisfactorily. in fact, they both fail to represent proper unloading slopes during cyclic loading. to overcome the disadvantages of pure plastic models and pure damage approaches, the combined effects need to be considered. in this regard, various classes of plastic-damage models have...

Bianchi type-VI0 space time with strange quark matter attached to string cloud in Nordtvedt [1] general scalar tensor theory of gravitation with the help of a special case proposed by Schwinger [2] is obtained. The field equations have been solved by using the anisotropy feature of the universe in the Bianchi type-VI0 space time. Some important features of the model, thus obtained, have been di...

Complexity of existing mathematical models inhibits the analysis and the automatic animation of human and animal motion. Current techniques rely on numerical simulations of highly nonlinear differential equations in highdimensional spaces. A motion with such large-scale dynamics is difficult to control because of the sheer size of its control space. We are developing a method for constructing s...