Direct spatial optimization in natural resource management: Four linear programming examples

This paper discusses methods for directly incorporating spatial relationships in natural resource optimization models. The approaches are contrasted with the conventional emphasis on adjacency restrictions. Four formulations are presented that address a variety of problems using linear (continuous-variable) programming, which allows reliable solvability of even very large models. The problems addressed include: habitat placement for the black-footed ferret (an aggressive disperser), habitat placement for the black-tailed prairie dog (a gregarious, recalcitrant disperser), placement of control efforts directed at restricting the spread of an exotic pest, and the semi-permanent placement of habitat for the northern spotted owl (a static problem).     

带约束条件和多余参数的线性模型的比较

对于带约束条件和多余参数的两个线性模型ｅ１＝Ｌ（Ｘ１β＋Ｚ１γ,Ｖ１,Ｌ１）和ｄ２＝Ｌ（Ｘ２β＋Ｚ２δ,Ｖ２,Ｌ２）,其中Ｖ１和Ｖ２是已知对称的正定矩阵,γ和δ是多余参数,Ｌ１和Ｌ２是已知的约束矩阵,文中给出了一种新的比较准则,并得到了几个充要条件。     

Hamiltonian graphs of given order and minimum algebraic connectivity

In this paper, we study the algebraic connectivity of a Hamiltonian graph, and determine all Hamiltonian graphs whose algebraic connectivity attain the minimum among all Hamiltonian graphs on n vertices.     

Representations for conditional expectations and applications to pricing and hedging of financial products in Lévy and jump-diffusion setting

In this article, we derive expressions for conditional expectations in terms of regular expectations without conditioning but involving some weights. For this purpose, we apply two approaches: the conditional density method and the Malliavin method. We use these expressions for the numerical estimation of the price of American options and their deltas in a Lévy and jump-diffusion setting. Several examples of applications to financial and energy markets are given including numerical examples.     

Full Bayesian analysis of claims reserving uncertainty

We revisit the gamma–gamma Bayesian chain-ladder (BCL) model for claims reserving in non-life insurance. This claims reserving model is usually used in an empirical Bayesian way using plug-in estimates for the variance parameters. The advantage of this empirical Bayesian framework is that allows us for closed form solutions. The main purpose of this paper is to develop the full Bayesian case also considering prior distributions for the variance parameters and to study the resulting sensitivities.     

Exploiting the performance of dictionary-based bio-entity name recognition in biomedical literature

Bio-entity name recognition is the key step for information extraction from biomedical literature. This paper presents a dictionary-based bio-entity name recognition approach. The approach expands the bio-entity name dictionary via the Abbreviation Definitions identifying algorithm, improves the recall rate through the improved edit distance algorithm and adopts some post-processing methods including Pre-keyword and Post-keyword expansion, Part of Speech expansion, merge of adjacent bio-entity names and the exploitation of the contextual cues to further improve the performance. Experiment results show that with this approach even an internal dictionary-based system could achieve a fairly good performance.     

Bounding the sum of powers of the Laplacian eigenvalues of graphs

For a non-zero real number α, let s _α (G) denote the sum of the αth power of the non-zero Laplacian eigenvalues of a graph G. In this paper, we establish a connection between s _α (G) and the first Zagreb index in which the Hölder’s inequality plays a key role. By using this result, we present a lot of bounds of s _α (G) for a connected (molecular) graph G in terms of its number of vertices (atoms) and edges (bonds). We also present other two bounds for s _α (G) in terms of connectivity and chromatic number respectively, which generalize those results of Zhou and Trinajsti? for the Kirchhoff index [B Zhou, N Trinajsti?. A note on Kirchhoff index, Chem. Phys. Lett., 2008, 455: 120–123].     

硫醇的分子连接性指数与气相色谱保留值

硫醇的分子连接性指数与气相色谱保留值赵邦屯王利亚（洛阳师专化学系洛阳４７１０２２）关键词硫醇分子连接性指数气相色谱保留值中图分类号Ｏ６５７．７１有机化合物的色谱保留行为与其结构之间的定量关系研究一直是物理化学、分析化学和生物化学的研究对象之一。长期以...     

Socially responsible merchant operations: Comparison of shutdown-averse CVaR and anticipated regret policies

Commodity and energy production assets are managed as real options on market uncertainties. Social impacts of plant shutdowns incentivize balancing asset value with shutdown probability. We propose new shutdown-averse policies based on the popular dynamic conditional value-at-risk (CVaR). We analytically and numerically compare these policies to known shutdown-averse policies based on anticipated regret (AR). Our findings support the use of AR over CVaR to embed shutdown-aversion and the consideration of hybrid policies that are asymptotically time-consistent but easily interpretable.