This paper introduces the rank-dependent quality-adjusted life-years (QALY) model, a new method to aggregate QALYs in economic evaluations of health care. The rank-dependent QALY model permits the formalization of influential concepts of equity in the allocation of health care, such as the fair innings approach, and it includes as special cases many of the social welfare functions that have bee...

In the field of GIS, it is frequently required to carry out projection transformation of massive raster maps or remote sensing images. In this paper, a method named multi-rank method is presented. It is able to achieve projection transformation with adjustable accuracy and speed. All the points in a map or image are divided into four ranks. Rank-4 points, which scatter in the map, are transform...

Abstract: A rank-based test of the null hypothesis that a regressor has no effect on a response variable is proposed and analyzed. This test is identical in structure to the order selection test but with the raw data replaced by ranks. The test is nonparametric in that it is consistent against virtually any smooth alternative, and is completely distribution free for all sample sizes. The asympt...

Abstract Objective The present simulation study aimed to assess positive predictive value (PPV) and negative (NPV) for our newly introduced Accounting Expected Adjusted Effect test (AEAE test) compare it PPV NPV a traditional zero-order significance test. Results AEAE exhibited greater compared test, especially with strong true adjusted effect, low prior probability, high degree of confounding,...

This study aims to check market reaction filing for bankruptcy and restructuring proceedings verify the short-term effect of a price reversal in Polish years 2004–2019. The research was conducted by dividing analysed companies according procedure (bankruptcy restructuring) (the main NewConnect market). methodology used is event analysis method (AR, CAR, AAR CAAR rates were research), with few s...

Let K denote a field and let V denote a vector space over K with finite positive dimension. We consider a pair of linear transformations A : V → V and A∗ : V → V that satisfy the following conditions: (i) each of A,A∗ is diagonalizable; (ii) there exists an ordering {Vi} d i=0 of the eigenspaces of A such that A ∗Vi ⊆ Vi−1+Vi+Vi+1 for 0 ≤ i ≤ d, where V−1 = 0 and Vd+1 = 0; (iii) there exists an...

and Applied Analysis 3 Remark 5. Assumption (13) holds if the system has a unique solution. For brevity, we rewrite system (2)∼(5) in the vector form by introducing W(x, t) = (u(x, t), n(x, t)) and Y(x, t) = (a(x, t), b(x, t)). We denote by E 0 = H 2 ⋂H 1 0 (Ω) × H 1 0 (Ω) the space of vector functionsW(x, t) = (u(x, t), n(x, t)) with norm E0 = {‖u‖ 2 H 2 + ‖n‖ 2 H 1} 1/2 . (14) Similarly, we d...