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SDE based Generalized Innovation Diffusion Modeling [PDF]

International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences, 2019
Diffusion models are rigorously implemented in marketing research to predict the actual trend of innovations over time. These models can be classified in terms of deterministic and stochastic behavior.
Shakshi Singhal, Adarsh Anand, Ompal Singh   +2 more
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On the Use of Gradient Boosting Methods to Improve the Estimation with Data Obtained with Self-Selection Procedures

Mathematics, 2021
In the last years, web surveys have established themselves as one of the main methods in empirical research. However, the effect of coverage and selection bias in such surveys has undercut their utility for statistical inference in finite populations. To
Luis Castro-Martín, María del Mar Rueda, Ramón Ferri-García, César Hernando-Tamayo   +3 more
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Community and Environmental OR: Towards a New Agenda [PDF]

, 2004
About the book: Community Operational Research: OR and Systems Thinking for Community Development sets out the current concerns of Community Operational Research (Community OR for short) and explores new possibilities for its continued development ...
Midgley, Gerald, Reynolds, Martin
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Engagement of public and private medical facilities in tuberculosis care in Myanmar: contributions and trends over an eight-year period

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2017
s Background As part of the WHO End TB strategy, national tuberculosis (TB) programs increasingly aim to engage all private and public TB care providers.
Thin Thin Nwe, Saw Saw, Le Le Win, Myo Myo Mon, Johan van Griensven, Shuisen Zhou, Palanivel Chinnakali, Safieh Shah, Saw Thein, Si Thu Aung   +9 more
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Moral injury associated with increased odds of past-year mental health disorders: a Canadian Armed Forces examination

European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2023
Background: Potentially morally injurious experiences (PMIEs) are common during military service. However, it is unclear to what extent PMIEs are related to well-established adverse mental health outcomes.
Bethany Easterbrook, Rachel A. Plouffe, Stephanie A. Houle, Aihua Liu, Margaret C. McKinnon, Andrea R. Ashbaugh, Natalie Mota, Tracie O. Afifi, Murray W. Enns, J. Don Richardson, Anthony Nazarov   +10 more
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Restricted Distance-Type Gaussian Estimators Based on Density Power Divergence and Their Applications in Hypothesis Testing

Mathematics, 2023
In this paper, we introduce the restricted minimum density power divergence Gaussian estimator (MDPDGE) and study its main asymptotic properties. In addition, we examine it robustness through its influence function analysis.
Ángel Felipe, María Jaenada, Pedro Miranda, Leandro Pardo   +3 more
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Modeling Multi-generation Innovation Adoption based on Conjoint effect of Awareness Process [PDF]

International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences, 2017
The prior models in the field of multi-generation diffusion modeling basically concentrated on employing effects of substitution and switching behavior.
Mohini Agarwal, Deepti Aggrawal, Adarsh Anand, Ompal Singh   +3 more
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Consumer finance: challenges for operational research

, 2010
Consumer finance has become one of the most important areas of banking, both because of the amount of money being lent and the impact of such credit on global economy and the realisation that the credit crunch of 2008 was partly due to incorrect ...
Thomas, Lyn C.
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Empirical Evidence of RFID Impacts on Supply Chain Performance [PDF]

, 2009
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to investigate the actual benefits of radio frequency identification (RFID) on supply chain performance through the empirical evidence.
Khumawala, Basheer M., Li, Suhong, Reyes, Pedro M., Visich, John K.   +3 more
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"I prefer dying fast than dying slowly", how institutional abuse worsens the mental health of stranded Syrian, Afghan and Congolese migrants on Lesbos island following the implementation of EU-Turkey deal

Conflict and Health, 2018
Background In 2015 and early 2016, close to 1 million migrants transited through Greece, on their way to Western Europe. In early 2016, the closure of the “Balkan-route” and the EU/Turkey-deal led to a drastic reduction in the flow of migrants arriving ...
Christos Eleftherakos, Wilma van den Boogaard, Declan Barry, Nathalie Severy, Ioanna Kotsioni, Louise Roland-Gosselin   +5 more
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