We consider a cross-calibration test of predictions by multiple potential experts in a stochastic environment. This test checks whether each expert is calibrated conditional on the predictions made by other experts. We show that this test is good in the sense that a true expert—one informed of the true distribution of the process—is guaranteed to pass the test no matter what the other potential...

The single most important number in the accounts of a non-life insurance company is likely to be the estimate of the outlying liabilities. Since nonlife insurance is a major part of our financial industry (amounting to up to 5% of BNP in western countries), it is perhaps surprising that mathematical statisticians and experts of operational research (the natural experts of the underlying problem...

nursing tacit knowledge is a knowledge that is produced inside the mind of nurses and not saved in any databases. the main challenge of nursing knowledge management is transferring tacit knowledge inside the mind of nurses to the others – especially scholars and researchers. this study evaluates personal, organizational, and technological factors affecting the tacit knowledge transfer among nur...

The demand on security is increasing greatly in these years and biometric recognition gradually becomes a hot field of research. Iris recognition is a new branch of biometric recognition, which is regarded as the most stable, safe and accurate biometric recognition method. In these years, much progress in this field has been made by scholars and experts of different countries. In this paper, so...

WORKSHOP/CONSULTANCY PROPOSAL RATIONALE In the face of globalization, changing economic realities, demographic shifts, and religious pluralization, increasing awareness regarding religion in the workplace is proving to be vital in creating a harmonious professional environment. This field of study and diversity training is attracting growing interest from academics, management scholars, human r...

models of distance and online learning from an international perspective and from the point of view of planning, costing, management, and decision making. Chapters are written by different experts working in the field. For those not familiar with costing and distance education it provides a valuable introduction to the different facets of handling the economic aspects of distance education and ...