Subspace based methods for frequency estimation rely on a lowrank system model that is obtained by collecting the observed scalar valued data samples into vectors. Estimators such as MUSIC and ESPRIT have for some time been applied to this vector model. Also, a statistically attractive Markov-like procedure [1] for this class of methods has been proposed in the literature. Herein, the Markov es...

Increasing debate centers on the decreasing influence of the marketing department within firms. This study investigates such influence and assesses its determinants and consequences. The results show that the accountability and innovativeness of the marketing department represent the two major drivers of its influence. However, the results do not indicate that the customer-connecting role of th...

Within a quarter of a century, however, the Labour Party had taken the Liberal Party’s place in the British two-party system, and in 1924, under the leadership of Ramsay MacDonald, the Party briefly formed its first minority government. This administration was only to survive for a few months, but in 1929 Labour was again able to form a minority government which lasted until 1931. In an attempt...

This work has its origin in the Fellowship thesis for the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons of one of us. We would like to thank the thesis supervisor Peter Lee for his invariably prompt and helpful criticisms of this work. We would like to thank Niclas Sjogren (latterly of AstraZeneca Statistics Department) for the fruitful discussions of the ideas from which this work came. Mr. Christopher...