Although a growing number of regional trade agreements (RTAs) include telecommunications provisions, the collection and systematization information on provisions in RTAs remain limited. This paper addresses this gap by mapping reviewing different types found that have been notified to World Trade Organization (WTO).

In this paper we investigate the use of a supervised, but self-organizing, Adaptive Resonance Theory type of neural network (Fuzzy-ARTMAP), for first break picking in seismic reflection data. First break picking is the accurate location of the leading energy pulse received by a geophone in response to a seismic shot. The performance of Fuzzy-ARTMAP is compared to our previous work with multi-la...

The literature on structural breaks focuses on ex post identification of break points that may have occurred in the past. While this question is important, a more challenging problem facing econometricians is to provide forecasts when the data generating process is unstable. The purpose of this paper is to provide a general methodology for forecasting in the presence of model instability. We ma...

We consider the problem of estimating and testing for multiple breaks in a single equation framework with regressors that are endogenous, i.e., correlated with the errors. First, we show based on standard assumptions about the regressors, instruments and errors that the second stage regression of the instrumental variable procedure involves regressors and errors that satisfy all the assumptions...

This paper presents an incompressible smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) model to simulate wave propagation in a free surface flow. The Navier-Stokes equations are solved in a Lagrangian framework using a three-step fractional method. In the first step, a temporary velocity field is provided according to the relevant body forces. This velocity field is renewed in the second step to include t...

Genome rearrangements can be modeled as k-breaks, which break a genome at k positions and glue the resulting fragments in a new order. In particular, reversals, translocations, fusions, and fissions are modeled as 2-breaks, and transpositions are modeled as 3-breaks. Although k-break rearrangements for [Formula: see text] have not been observed in evolution, they are used in cancer genomics to ...

Summary The unsteady reflection of dam-break flow along a horizontal channel by remote barrier is modelled using the nonlinear shallow water equations. interaction generates an upstream moving bore that connects collapsing reservoir fluid to rapidly deepening layer adjacent barrier. These motions are modified when released into containing pre-wetted layer, because oncoming itself headed alters ...