On a decision rule using dichotomies for identifying the nonnegligible parameter in certain linear models

Consider the class of linear models (with uncorrelated observation, each having variance σ²), in which it is known that at most k (location) parameters are negligible, but it is not known which are negligible. The problem is to identify the nonnegligible parameters. In this paper, for k = 1, and under certain restrictions on the model, a technique is developed for solving this problem, which has the feature of requiring (in an information theoretic sense) the minimum amount of computation. (It can “search through” 2^m objects, using m “steps.”) The technique consists of dichotomizing the set of parameters (one known subset possibly containing the nonnegligible element, and the other not), using chi-square variables. A method for computing the probability that the correct parameter is identified, is presented, and an important application to factorial search designs is established.     

Tractable classes of nonzero-sum open-loop Nash differential games: Theory and examples

This paper identifies some classes ofN-person nonzero-sum differential games that are tractable, in the sense that open-loop Nash strategies can be determined, either explicitly or qualitatively in terms of a phase-diagram portrait. The classes are characterized by conditions imposed on the Hamiltonians. Also, the underlying game structures needed to satisfy these conditions are characterized.The authors wish to thank V. Kaitala, Helsinki University of Technology, and the referees.     

Dominance solvability and cournot stability

In normal form games with single-valued best reply functions it is shown that dominance-solvability (resulting from successive elimination of dominated strategies) implies the global stability of the Cournot tatonnement process. When only two players are present, and the strategy spaces are one dimensional, these two notions actually coincide. A computational characterization of the two properties is given in a local sense as well as a sufficient condition for global dominance-solvability: an application to the Cournot-oligopoly model is proposed.     

Non-cooperative implementation: A survey of recent results

Strategic decentralization of collective decision-making is considered when the agents' behaviour is non-cooperative. Specifically they use dominant, maximin risk-avert or sophisticated strategies. The existing results applying these equilibrium concepts are reviewed in three familiar economically meaningful contexts: ordinal (as in voting), random (as in bargaining) and quasilinear (as in public goods problems).     

Qualitatively invertible matrices

Our purpose is to describe the properties of the class of n×n matrices such that some or all of the signs of the nonzero elements of the inverse matrix can be determined based only upon the knowledge of the signs of the matrix being inverted. Applications of such matrices can be found in the study of the testibility of economic theory, the stability of economic systems and the general ‘quality’ of solutions to large computer models.     

Kernel B-splines and interpolation

This paper applies difference operators to conditionally positive definite kernels in order to generate kernel -splines that have fast decay towards infinity. Interpolation by these new kernels provides better condition of the linear system, while the kernel -spline inherits the approximation orders from its native kernel. We proceed in two different ways: either the kernel -spline is constructed adaptively on the data knot set , or we use a fixed difference scheme and shift its associated kernel -spline around. In the latter case, the kernel -spline so obtained is strictly positive in general. Furthermore, special kernel -splines obtained by hexagonal second finite differences of multiquadrics are studied in more detail. We give suggestions in order to get a consistent improvement of the condition of the interpolation matrix in applications.     

一类Riemann-Hilbert边值逆问题

给出解析函数的一类R iem ann-H ilbert边值逆问题的数学提法,依据解析函数R iem ann-H ilbert边值问题的经典理论,讨论了此边值问题的可解性,给出了该边值问题的可解条件和解的表示式.     

Solvability near the characteristic set for a class of first‐order linear partial differential operators

In this work we deal with solvability of first‐order differential equations in the form , where L is a planar complex vector field, elliptic everywhere except along a simple closed curve Σ on which it is tangent and vanishes of order . In contrast with the local solvability, it is shown that the zero order term p has influence in the solvability in a full neighborhood of Σ.     

Solvable extensions of the naturally graded quasi-filiform Leibniz algebra of second type ℒ2

For a sequence of the naturally graded quasi-filiform Leibniz algebra of second type ?² introduced by Camacho, Gómez, González and Omirov, all possible right and left solvable indecomposable extensions over the field ? are constructed so that the algebra serves as the nilradical of the corresponding solvable Leibniz algebras we find in the paper.