Table of Contents for Year 2012

[42 ARTICLES]

• Forecasting Energy Commodity Prices Using Neural Networks, Massimo Panella, Francesco Barcellona, and Rita L. D’Ecclesia 
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 289810, 26 pages
• A Two-Phase Data Envelopment Analysis Model for Portfolio Selection, David Lengacher and Craig Cammarata 
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 869128, 9 pages
• State-of-the-Art Prescriptive Criteria Weight Elicitation, Mona Riabacke, Mats Danielson, and Love Ekenberg 
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 276584, 24 pages
• Solving the Omitted Variables Problem of Regression Analysis Using the Relative Vertical Position of Observations, Jonathan E. Leightner and Tomoo Inoue 
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 728980, 25 pages
• Restricted Coherent Risk Measures and Actuarial Solvency, Christos E. Kountzakis 
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 350765, 18 pages
• A Warehouse Imperfect Fuzzified Production Model with Shortages under Inflationary Conditions, S. R. Singh, Shalini Jain, and Sarla Pareek 
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 638060, 16 pages
• Operational Risks in Financial Sectors, E. Karam and F. Planchet 
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 385387, 57 pages
• Comparison of Some Tests of Fit for the Inverse Gaussian Distribution, D. J. Best, J. C. W. Rayner, and O. Thas 
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 150303, 9 pages
• An Optimal Returned Policy for a Reverse Logistics Inventory Model with Backorders, S. R. Singh and Neha Saxena 
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 386598, 21 pages
• An Allocation Scheme for Estimating the Reliability of a Parallel-Series System, Zohra Benkamra, Mekki Terbeche, and Mounir Tlemcani 
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 289035, 14 pages
• Uniform Estimate of the Finite-Time Ruin Probability for All Times in a Generalized Compound Renewal Risk Model, Qingwu Gao, Na Jin, and Juan Zheng 
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 936525, 17 pages
• A Note on the Comparison of the Bayesian and Frequentist Approaches to Estimation, Andrew A. Neath and Natalie Langenfeld 
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 764254, 12 pages
• A Longstaff and Schwartz Approach to the Early Election Problem, Elliot Tonkes and Dharma Lesmono 
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 287579, 18 pages
• Monounireducible Nonhomogeneous Continuous Time Semi-Markov Processes Applied to Rating Migration Models, Guglielmo D’Amico, Jacques Janssen, and Raimondo Manca 
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 123635, 12 pages
• Statistical Estimation of Portfolios for Dependent Financial Returns, Masanobu Taniguchi, Cathy W. S. Chen, Junichi Hirukawa, Hiroshi Shiraishi, Kenichiro Tamaki, and David Veredas 
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 681490, 3 pages
• Performance Assessment of Product Service System from System Architecture Perspectives, John P. T. Mo 
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 640601, 19 pages
• Virtual Commissioning of an Assembly Cell with Cooperating Robots, S. Makris, G. Michalos, and G. Chryssolouris 
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 428060, 11 pages
• Evaluating Ethical Responsibility in Inverse Decision Support, Ahmad M. Kabil 
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 873710, 15 pages
• On Ideals of Implication Groupoids, Ravi Kumar Bandaru 
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 652814, 9 pages
• An Integrated Vendor-Buyer Cooperative Inventory Model for Items with Imperfect Quality and Shortage Backordering, Jia-Tzer Hsu and Lie-Fern Hsu 
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 679083, 19 pages
• How Do German SMEs Cope with the Increasing Need for Flexibility?, Katharina Roitzsch, Winfried Hacker, Ulrike Pietrzyk, and Uwe Debitz 
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 569076, 13 pages
• Almost Sure Central Limit Theorem of Sample Quantiles, Yu Miao, Shoufang Xu, and Ang Peng 
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 671942, 7 pages
• Multiobjective Optimization of Aircraft Maintenance in Thailand Using Goal Programming: A Decision-Support Model, Yuttapong Pleumpirom and Sataporn Amornsawadwatana 
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 128346, 17 pages
• Model Driven Integrated Decision-Making in Manufacturing Enterprises, Richard H. Weston 
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 328349, 29 pages
• Directional Distance Functions and Rate-of-Return Regulation, Juan Aparicio and Jesus T. Pastor 
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 731497, 11 pages
• Key Performance Indicators for the Impact of Cognitive Assembly Planning on Ramp-Up Process, Christian Buescher, Eckart Hauck, Daniel Schilberg, and Sabina Jeschke 
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 798286, 19 pages
• Large-Deviation Results for Discriminant Statistics of Gaussian Locally Stationary Processes, Junichi Hirukawa 
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 572919, 15 pages
• The Integrated Use of Enterprise and System Dynamics Modelling Techniques in Support of Business Decisions, K. Agyapong-Kodua, R. H. Weston, and S. Ratchev 
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 804324, 25 pages
• Asymptotic Optimality of Estimating Function Estimator for CHARN Model, Tomoyuki Amano 
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 515494, 11 pages
• Design of an Integrated Methodology for Analytical Design of Complex Supply Chains, Shahid Rashid and Richard Weston 
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 589254, 19 pages
• Optimal Portfolio Estimation for Dependent Financial Returns with Generalized Empirical Likelihood, Hiroaki Ogata 
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 973173, 8 pages
• Statistically Efficient Construction of α-Risk-Minimizing Portfolio, Hiroyuki Taniai and Takayuki Shiohama 
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 980294, 17 pages
• Estimation for Non-Gaussian Locally Stationary Processes with Empirical Likelihood Method, Hiroaki Ogata 
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 704693, 22 pages
• A Simulation Approach to Statistical Estimation of Multiperiod Optimal Portfolios, Hiroshi Shiraishi 
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 341476, 13 pages
• On the Causality between Multiple Locally Stationary Processes, Junichi Hirukawa 
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 261707, 15 pages
• Possibility Intuitionistic Fuzzy Soft Set, Maruah Bashir, Abdul Razak Salleh, and Shawkat Alkhazaleh 
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 404325, 24 pages
• Economic Design of Acceptance Sampling Plans in a Two-Stage Supply Chain, Lie-Fern Hsu and Jia-Tzer Hsu 
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 359082, 14 pages
• A Subclass of Harmonic Univalent Functions with Varying Arguments Defined by Generalized Derivative Operator, E. A. Eljamal and M. Darus 
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 610406, 8 pages
• Optimal Portfolios with End-of-Period Target, Hiroshi Shiraishi, Hiroaki Ogata, Tomoyuki Amano, Valentin Patilea, David Veredas, and Masanobu Taniguchi 
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 703465, 13 pages
• Least Squares Estimators for Unit Root Processes with Locally Stationary Disturbance, Junichi Hirukawa and Mako Sadakata 
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 893497, 16 pages
• Statistical Portfolio Estimation under the Utility Function Depending on Exogenous Variables, Kenta Hamada, Dong Wei Ye, and Masanobu Taniguchi 
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 127571, 15 pages
• Statistical Estimation for CAPM with Long-Memory Dependence, Tomoyuki Amano, Tsuyoshi Kato, and Masanobu Taniguchi 
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 571034, 12 pages