An interactive heuristic approach can offer a practical solution to the problem of linear integer programming (LIP) by combining an optimization technique with the Decision Maker’s (DM) judgment and technical supervision. This is made possible using the concept of bicriterion linear programming (BLP) problem in an integer environment. This model proposes two bicriterion linear programs for iden...

Abstract We propose a Bayesian approach to Local Projections that optimally addresses the empirical bias-variance trade-off intrinsic in choice between direct and iterative methods. (BLP) regularise LP regressions via informative priors, estimate impulse response functions capture properties of data more accurately than VARs. BLPs preserve flexibility LPs while retaining degree estimation uncer...

This paper illustrates two algorithms designed in Forneron and Ng (2020): the resampled Newton-Raphson (rNR) quasi-Newton (rQN) algorithms, which speed up estimation bootstrap inference for structural models. An empirical application to BLP shows that computation time decreases from nearly five hours with standard just over one hour rNR only 15 minutes using rQN. A first Monte Carlo exercise ac...

In this paper, we study how the interbank market could impact deposit competition and bank profits. We first document two stylized facts: net funding ratio is negatively correlated with interest margin (NIM), as well cost-to-income (CIR). To rationalize these facts, embed into a BLP model framework. The calibrated using Chinese listed banks’ data. A counterfactual experiment reveals that shutti...

The successful development of a mucosal vaccine depends critically on the use of a safe and effective immunostimulant and/or carrier system. This review describes the effectiveness and mode of action of an immunostimulating particle, derived from bacteria, used in mucosal subunit vaccines. The non-living particles, designated bacterium-like particles are based on the food-grade bacterium Lactoc...

Electrocorticography (ECoG) constitutes a powerful and promising neural recording modality in humans and animals. ECoG signals are often decomposed into several frequency bands, among which the so-called high-gamma band (80-250Hz) has been proposed to reflect local cortical functions near the cortical surface below the ECoG electrodes. It is typically assumed that the lower the frequency bands,...

To solve the security of access to meta-data in computational Grids, by modifying model BLP, a secure access model named GBLP is introduced to support access control to Grid catalogue. In the computational Grid, resources and users can be endowed with different secure levels. Because Grid catalogue is a logic map of all physical resources, and then, when different secure levels are assigned to ...

Heparinized whole blood, parasitized with Aegyptianella pullorum, was collected from 2 fowls. Buffered lactose peptone (BLP) was added v/v as a stabilizer and the mixture lyophilized in 2 ml aliquots after rapid or slow freezing. At different stages during the freeze-drying process, as well as after lyophilization and reconstitution with 1.8 ml of sterile water, samples were taken and injected ...