We present an abstraction of the effect of procedures through convex sets of transition matrices. Conditional branching is handled by postponing the conditional evaluation after the procedure call. In order to obtain an effective analysis convex sets are represented by polyhedra. For an efficient implementation we approximate polyhedra by means of simplices. In [CH78], Cousot and Halbwachs pres...

OBJECTIVE To analyze whether the relationship between income inequality and human health is mediated through social capital, and whether political regime determines differences in income inequality and social capital among countries. METHODS Path analysis of cross sectional ecological data from 110 countries. Life expectancy at birth was the outcome variable, and income inequality (measured b...

The aim of this paper is to assess the evolution of multidimensional inequality in well-being using Lorenz curves. Closed expressions for the bivariate Lorenz curve defined by Arnold (1983) are given. We assume a relevant type of models based on the class of distributions with given marginals described by Sarmanov and Lee (Lee, 1996; Sarmanov, 1966). This specification of the bivariate Lorenz c...

Abstract. Extraction of interesting knowledge from large spatial databases is an important task in the development of spatial database systems. Spatial data mining is the branch of data mining that deals with spatial (location) data. Analyzing the huge amount (usually terabytes) of spatial data obtained from large databases such as credit card payments, telephone calls, environmental records, c...

Understanding spatial structure of regional economic development is of importance for regional planning and provincial development strategy. Taking Jiangsu province in the economically richest Yangtze Delta as a case study, this paper aims to explore regional economic development level on a province scale. Using the census 2010, eleven variables are selected for the statistical and spatial anal...

Employment Patterns of Husbands and Wives and Family Income Distribution in Italy (1977-1998) The pattern of employment among men and women has changed remarkably over the past decades. While the employment rate of women has risen, that of men has continued to decline. Disproportionate growth in the participation in the labor market of women with highincome husbands has heightened concerns that...

Addis Ababa is a metropolitan area faced with the challenges of Ethiopia’s urbanization, such as poverty, unemployment, informal settlements, an acute housing shortage, and environmental hazards. Yet, non-practicality area-based policy using Multiple Deprivation Index (MDI) exacerbates polarization poverty spatial inequality to create divided city. The study developed MDI for 2007 2016. study’s...