Some new statistics are proposed to test the uniformity of random samples in the multidimensional unit cube [0, 1]d (d ≥ 2). These statistics are derived from number-theoretic or quasi-Monte Carlo methods for measuring the discrepancy of points in [0, 1]d. Under the null hypothesis that the samples are independent and identically distributed with a uniform distribution in [0, 1]d, we obtain som...

We analyze aspects of the structure of organizational culture. We show that old and culturally uniform organizations are prone to cultural inertia, that is, they are reluctant to adopt a different culture in response to a change in the environment. Cultural uniformity can be beneficial because the associated inertia ex-post protects and therefore ex-ante encourages culture-specific investments ...

Whole genome amplification (WGA) plays an important role in sample preparation of low-input templates for high-throughput sequencing. Multiple displacement amplification (MDA), a popular isothermal WGA methods, suffers a major hurdle of highly uneven amplification. Optimizations have been made in the past by separating the reagents into numbers of tiny chambers or droplets in microfluidic devic...

In this article, we propose a Partition ofUnity Refinement (PUR)method to improve the local approximations of elliptic boundary value problems in regions of interest. The PUR method only needs to refine the local meshes and hanging nodes generate no difficulty. The mesh qualities such as uniformity or quasi-uniformity are kept. The advantages of the PUR include its effectiveness and relatively ...

Keywords: Multiasset options Option sensitivities or Greeks Malliavin calculus Monte Carlo and quasi-Monte Carlo methods a b s t r a c t This paper discusses simulation of sensitivities or Greeks of multiasset European and Asian style options by Malliavin calculus combined with Monte Carlo and quasi-Monte Carlo methods. By using the Malliavin calculus, we are able to express Greeks of both Euro...

The original definition of a topological space given by Hausdorff used neighborhood systems. Lattice-valued maps appear in this context when you identify a topology with a monoid in the Kleisli category of the filter monad on SET. H?hle’s notion of a lattice-valued topology [2] uses the same idea and it’s inspired in the classical lattice-valued topologies. Ltopological spaces are motivated by ...

in order to determination of optimum quantity of seed pelleting materials due to sugar beet monogerm seed size. this study was carried out in seed technology department during 1997-1998. monogerm cultiver 9597 seed lot (300kg) was firstly graded by 7 round sieves and then 7 rectangle sieves graded each bound. some factors such as germination , monogermity and proportionate seed pelleting materi...

s — In this paper, we extend the techniques used in Grid-based Monte Carlo applications to Grid-based quasi-Monte Carlo applications. These techniques include an N-out-of-M strategy for efficiently scheduling subtasks on the Grid, lightweight checkpointing for Grid subtask status recovery, a partial result validation scheme to verify the correctness of each individual partial result, and an int...