Associated consistency and equal allocation of nonseparable costs

Summary. We modified the definition of associated game with respect to Hamiache (2001) to characterize the equal allocation of nonseparable costs (EANS) by means of Pareto Optimality(PO), Translation Covariance (TC), Symmetry (SYM), Associated Consistency(AC) and Continuity(CONT).Received: 8 April 2004, Revised: 9 May 2005, JEL Classification Numbers: C71.The author is indebted to Clement Wen for many helpful comments and he is also very grateful to a referee who proposed several helpful comments to improve the paper.     

TypeA operating characteristic functions of defects sampling plans

Investigations on acceptance sampling have attached rather few attention to defects inspection. As to sampling models and the corresponding operating characteristic (OC) function of single defects sampling plans, generally only typeB (process model) has been considered: sampling from a production process where the OC is conceived as a function of sample sizen, acceptance numberc, and process average number of defects per itemλ. For modern quality control, both the steadily increasing complexity of products and the need for differentiated cost calculation involve a clear demand for defects sampling in its practically most relevant form: lot-by-lot single sampling plans, where the OC (typeA, lot OC) is considered as a function of lot sizeN, sample sizen, acceptance numberc, number of defects in the lotK. The present paper develops two lot OC functions from suitable assumptions on the arrangements of the total numberK of defects over theN elements of the lot. Limiting theorems on these OC functions are used to justify to some extent the customary assumption that the Poisson process OC can serve as an approximation for typeA. The dependence of the OC functions on sample sizen, acceptance numberc, total number of defects in the lotK is described by simple formulae.     

双通道跟踪接收机对地校相技术

为了解决新建地面测控站的无塔标校技术难题,提出了一种抛物面天线近场对地校 相新方法,在径向距离大于0.3倍远场距离的条件下可实现对地校相功能,通过外场专题试 验研究进行了验证,对靶场测控系统的工程建设具有较高的参考价值。     

大型焊接工程结构施工过程中的焊接质量控制

阐述了大型工程结构现场施工过程中焊接质量控制的基本内容和方法,针对焊接过程中不同阶段的质量控制事项进行相应描述与分析,并就相关问题提出相应的处理措施,为大型焊接工程结构焊接质量的控制提供了一定的方法。     

油田压力管道全面检验方法探讨

开展压力管道定期检验是国家法律、法规的需要,也是保证压力管道安全运行的需要。长庆油田在用压力管道大部分是埋地管道,由于部分管道投产时间长,已经接近或超过设计寿命,存在较大的安全隐患。通过资料审查和走线调查,总结了检验方法,提出了检验重点及缺陷修复和后处理问题。     

《食品安全法》对出入境检验检疫部门影响的探讨

笔者通过认真分析《食品安全法》与现行出入境检验检疫法律法规之间的区别与联系,提出了自己的一些见解和观点,希望出入境检验检疫部门能够将《食品安全法实施条例(草案)》中一些原则性较强的内容在法定范围内予以细化,并且在《食品安全法》和《食品安全法实施条例(草案)》中涉及出入境检验检疫的缝隙处做出必要的立法填充,使其能够与相应的部门规章和规范性文件有机衔接。     

Social servicescape’s impact on customer perceptions of the hospitality brand – The role of branded social cues

This research examines how the social servicescape (i.e., employee-customer, employee-employee and customer-customer) impacts brand-related outcomes via branded social cues. Informed by theories related to cue consistency and conceptual fluency, results from three experimental studies conducted across sectors and scales of hospitality businesses (i.e., luxury hotel, high-end restaurant and limited-service hotel), indicate that branded social servicescape cues have direct, indirect and interactive effects on brand-related outcomes. In luxury contexts, when the brand’s personality is absent in employee-customer social cues, the negative effects were buffered if brand personality is reflected in employee-employee social cues. Conceptual fluency mediated the relationship between branded employee-customer social cues and brand-related outcomes, which was moderated by branded employee-employee social cues. Conceptual fluency also mediated the relationship between branded customer-customer social cues and brand-related outcomes. This research sheds light on how hospitality firms can leverage branded social cues to enhance customer evaluation of the hospitality brand.     

A field experiment to estimate the effects of anchoring and framing on residents’ willingness to purchase water runoff management technologies

Watersheds throughout the world have been severely polluted by nutrient-laden runoff that comes from industrial, agricultural, and residential sources. Efforts to reduce this runoff have focused on industrial and agricultural sources, while little attention has been paid to encouraging residents to reduce runoff from their properties. To study residents’ willingness to adopt landscaping practices that reduce runoff, we conducted a field experiment in the Delaware River watershed. In the experiment, over three hundred adults participated in a series of random-price auctions that revealed their willingness to pay (WTP) for five products that reduce nutrient runoff. To study how WTP can be influenced by attributes of the choice architecture, we randomized the starting bid values (anchors) and the way in which the external benefits of the five practices were framed. Compared to a neutral framing, a positive framing (using the product can improve water quality) increased average WTP by about one-third, while the estimated effect of a negative framing (failing to use the product can worsen water quality) was also positive, but smaller and not statistically different from zero. The estimated effect on average WTP from the anchor depends on how bids of $0 are modeled, but the results imply that higher anchors lead to higher WTP. Although we believe the magnitudes of our results should be considered suggestive and we recommend replications with higher statistical power, the results add to the evidence base that environmental programs can achieve policy-relevant gains in program performance through a series of small changes to the decision environment.     

Out-of-sample density forecasts with affine jump diffusion models

We conduct out-of-sample density forecast evaluations of the affine jump diffusion models for the S&P 500 stock index and its options’ contracts. We also examine the time-series consistency between the model-implied spot volatilities using options & returns and only returns. In particular, we focus on the role of the time-varying jump risk premia. Particle filters are used to estimate the model-implied spot volatilities. We also propose the beta transformation approach for recursive parameter updating. Our empirical analysis shows that the inconsistencies between options & returns and only returns are resolved by the introduction of the time-varying jump risk premia. For density forecasts, the time-varying jump risk premia models dominate the other models in terms of likelihood criteria. We also find that for medium-term horizons, the beta transformation can weaken the systematic effect of misspecified AJD models using options & returns.     

基于三维激光扫描的钢板组合梁结构检测方法

针对钢结构桥梁的传统尺寸检测工作存在数据获取效率低、实地操作困难和检测精度不高等问题,结合三维激光扫描技术,给出一种基于三维激光点云数据的钢板组合梁构件多部位尺寸无损检测方法.主要步骤包括扫描设计、点云获取、点云预处理及配准、截面获取与尺寸检测.以某高速公路桥梁工程钢板组合梁结构检测为例,分别对比了传统尺寸检测方法和本文方法.实验表明该方法具有无接触测量、高可靠性和检测范围全面的优势.