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How Much Do Starting Values Really Matter? An Empirical Comparison of Genetic Algorithm and Traditional Approaches [PDF]

open access: yes
This research evaluates the impact of using different starting conditions in estimating meat demand systems. Results suggest that as the econometric task becomes increasingly nonlinear, specification of starting conditions becomes increasingly important.
Kastens, Terry L., Tonsor, Glynn T.
core   +1 more source

Confessions of a Poverty Researcher: My Journey Through the Foothills of Scholarship

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper describes the key events, experiences and ideas that influenced the author's career as a poverty researcher. He describes how his early disillusion with economics was replaced by a spark of interest in social issues and how his migration from the UK to Australia in the mid‐1970s provided the impetus to begin what became a lifetime ...
Peter Saunders
wiley   +1 more source

Influence of Whole Soybean Composition on Extracted Soybean Oil Composition by Origin

open access: yesJournal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study analyzed 304 commercial samples of whole soybeans and crude degummed soybean oil to understand the impact of whole soybean origin on the composition and quality of the extracted soybean oil. Samples of U.S. and Brazil origin soybeans were collected from a crushing facility that separately processed soybeans by origin to ensure ...
Iván Flores, Micah Pope, Todd Doehring
wiley   +1 more source

Evolutionary characteristics, influencing factors of livestock and poultry meat production in China and its future trends

open access: yesAnimal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
By reviewing the development history, this study summarizes the main factors and corresponding pathways that affect the evolution of meat production in China from both internal and external perspectives. Based on this, we predict future development trends.
Pengcheng Li   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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