in this research, a new control policy for the acceptance sampling problem is introduced. decision is made based on the number of defectives items in an inspected batch. the objective of the model is to find a constant control level that minimizes the total costs, including the cost of rejecting the batch, the cost of inspection and the cost of defective items. the optimization is performed by ...

the study investigated challenges to soil erosion control measures among farmers in anambra state, nigeria. purposive, multistage and random sampling techniques were employed in selecting a sample size of two hundred and forty (240) respondents. structured interview schedule was used for data collection. frequency counts, percentage, mean scores and factor analysis were used for data analysis. ...

the ultimate goal of monetary policy is to achieve price stability and high output. in this regard, central banks usually change the interest rate, liquidity, and money base in order to apply monetary policies. the john b. taylor rule is one of the rules known in the transmission of monetary policy.[1] based on this rule and given the output gap and inflation gap, the central bank increases or ...

background: the international drug abuse standards were achieved by review of a vast meta-analysis in the world and released 2 years ago in vienna. review of national programs in recent 20 years and conformity of them is the main objective of this presentation. methods: based on research that was supported by unodc and dchq, the demand reduction program in iran at the mentioned time was studied...

This paper explores how bequests affect redistributive fiscal policies. The main premise underlying our approach is that bequests act as a signal of parental affection. It is shown that private transfers in the form of bequests may not offset public transfers to a significant extent, even though such private transfers are altruistically motivated and are strictly positive for all but a negligib...

11 In a traditional key assignment scheme, an access control policy is used to solve the access control problem in a hierarchy. A higher security class can access lower security classes, but the opposite is not allowed. However, in some cases, this can be troublesome because of the lack of flexibility. In this paper, we shall propose a secure key assignment scheme which can be performed not onl...

Languages for the specification of access-control policies should support language features that allow for policies to be written in a clear manner. This work presents a set of language features found in current access-control languages and formalizes a set of intuitive properties the author believes to be relevant to policy clarity. The author analyzes access-control languages with respect to ...

Online Social Networks (OSNs) offer access control mechanisms to protect users’ sensitive information from undesired accesses. Yet, their information is still vulnerable to disclosure when their friends assign conflicting privacy policies: a user prohibits everyone from accessing his own content or profile but his friends allow others to see it. OSNs tend to select Permit-Take-Precedence when r...

We study the sustainability of public debt in a closed production economy where a benevolent government chooses fiscal policies, including haircuts on its outstanding debt, in a discretionary manner. Government bonds are held by domestic agents to smooth consumption over time and because they provide collateral and liquidity services. We characterize a recursive equilibrium where public debt am...