The Kaplan-Meier estimator is very popular in analysis of survival data. However, it is not easy to compute the ‘constrained’ Kaplan-Meier. Current computational method uses expectationmaximization algorithm to achieve this, but can be slow at many situations. In this note we give a recursive computational algorithm for the ‘constrained’ Kaplan-Meier estimator. The constraint is assumed given i...

The human adaptive complex is a coadapted complex of traits including (1) the life history of development, aging, and longevity; (2) diet and dietary physiology; (3) the energetics of reproduction; (4) social relationships among men and women; (5) intergenerational resource transfers; and (6) cooperation among related and unrelated individuals (Kaplan, 1997; Kaplan et al., 2000; Kaplan et al., ...

This paper takes a language ecology perspective (Haugen, 1972; Hornberger, 2003) and uses Cooper’s language planning framework for status planning, acquisition planning and corpus planning (1989) to provide an overview analysis of language policy and planning (LPP) in Taiwan since the 17th century. The paper investigates how languages have interacted with one another and with their sociocultura...

The linear contact distribution function is shown to be continuously diieren-tiable for any stationary random closed set, which implies the existence of a continuous density and hazard rate. Moreover, it is proved that the density is monotone decreasing. When the linear contact distribution function is estimated from observations in a bounded window, the distance to the set of interest from a x...

An important branch of statistics is survival analysis, which involves the modeling of time to event data. Within the context of clinical trials, this can represent the time between when a patient enrolls in a study and when a medically significant event occurs. Such analysis allows investigators to deduce, for example, the probability that an individual will survive past a certain time. A comm...

DETERMINANTS OF JOB SATISFACION AND TURNOVER AMONG PHYSICIANS by Dustin P. Kaplan This study examined the determinants of job satisfaction and turnover among physicians at the University of California, San Diego. The relationship between eight predictor variables (administrative requirements, autonomy, ability to provide quality patient care, workload, work/private life conflict, pay, satisfact...

Recently, the field of machine translation has increasingly reflected the influence of linguistic theory. Some systems have been designed around principles or structures of specific theories (Dorr, 1989; Kaplan, Netter, Wedekind, & Zaenen, 1989; Sharp, 1986), whereas others, adhering less strongly to particular theories, nevertheless reflect great care in considering and adapting the work of li...

This paper studies consumption and labor supply in a model where agents have partial insurance and face risk and initial heterogeneity in wages and preferences. Equilibrium allocations and variances and covariances of wages, hours and consumption are solved for analytically. We prove that all parameters of the structural model are identified given panel data on wages and hours, and crosssection...

The strategy and financial economics literature have long investigated the problem of adverse selection between buyers and sellers in M&A markets, which can create inefficiencies and stop acquirers from gaining access to valuable resources and capabilities via acquisitions. In turn, the entrepreneurship literature has highlighted the challenges faced by entrepreneurial firms to raise external c...