This paper considers the problem of estimating a structural model of optimal life-cycle savings, controlling both for uncertainty about health-care expenditures and household risk aversion. To avoid misleading inference, we propose a new estimation technique that compared to those already proposed in the literature enables us to deal simultaneously with the presence of (i) unobserved cross-sect...

We develop a new class of random-graph models for the statistical estimation of network formation that allow for substantial correlation in links. Various subgraphs (e.g., links, triangles, cliques, stars) are generated and their union results in a network. The challenge in estimating the frequencies with which subgraphs ‘truly’ form is that subgraphs can overlap and may also incidentally gener...

Background Allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is a strategy used for treatment of different malignant diseases. However, success of allo-HSCT can be hampered by graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD). Natural killer (NK) cells may play an important role in activating antigen presenting cells and subsequent activation of T cells. The main purpose of this study was the evaluation ...

An SDDS-2000 server currently manages only buckets in its RAM storage [C01]. Several buckets can coexist. When many files are created however, RAM storage space may not be sufficient for all the buckets simultaneously. When an application requests a bucket, but there is not enough room in RAM for it, one can evict some buckets to the disk. We define a number of promising eviction strategies. Ou...

In repeated games with di®erential information on one side, the labelling \general case" refers to games in which the action of the informed player is not known to the uninformed, who can only observe a signal which is the random outcome of his and his opponent's action. Here we consider the problem of minimizing regret (in the sense ̄rst formulated by Hannan [8]) when the information available...

Over the last decades overheating in buildings has become a major concern. The situation is expected to worsen due current rate of climate change. Many efforts have been made evaluate future thermal performance and cooling technologies. In this paper, term “climate change resistivity” strategies defined, calculation method provided. A comprehensive simulation-based framework then introduced, en...

The Journal of Economic Literature codes classification system (JEL) published by the American Association (AEA) is de facto standard for research literature in economics. JEL used to classify articles, dissertations, books, book reviews, and working papers EconLit, a database maintained AEA. Over time, it has evolved extended with over 850 subclasses. This paper reviews history development sys...