PLS Path Modeling and Generalized Structured Component Analysis are two component-based approaches to Structural Equation Models. Both methods aim at estimating the causal relationships linking two or more latent variables by means of a set of observed indicators. Moreover, both methods define the latent variable as a linear combination of its own observed variables, i.e. as a component. The ma...

In this paper, we apply and compare two generalized estimating equation approaches to the analysis of car breakdowns data in Mauritius. Number of breakdowns experienced by a machinery is a highly under-dispersed count random variable and its value can be attributed to the factors related to the mechanical input and output of that machinery. Analyzing such under-dispersed count observation as a ...

in this paper we have solved analytically the schrödinger equation for a microscopic particle in a one-dimensional box with two infinite walls, which the potential function inside it, has a linear form. based on the solutions of this special quantum mechanical system, we have shown that as the quantum number approaches infinity the expectation values of microscopic particle position and square ...

We consider methods for reducing the effects of fitting nuisance parameters on a general estimating function, when the estimating function depends on not only a vector of parameters of interest, θ, but also a vector of nuisance parameters, λ. We propose a class of modified profile estimating functions with plug-in bias reduced by two orders. A robust version of the adjustment term does not requ...

This paper address a new vision for the generalized Mittag-Leffler stability of the fractional differential equations. We mainly focus on a new method, consisting of decomposing a given fractional differential equation into a cascade of many sub-fractional differential equations. And we propose a procedure for analyzing the generalized Mittag-Leffler stability for the given fractional different...