Human Development in Saudi Education: a Critical Systemic Approach

This paper is drawn from PhD research funded by the Saudi government on the policy and governance of Saudi schools (Algraini 2017. A critical systemic approach to human development in education: a case study of the Ministry of Education in Saudi Arabia). The aim of this article is to address human development challenges using the Critical Systems Heuristics approach. The results show that the central policy framework limits the opportunity for teachers and learners to contribute to shaping the curriculum and the process for human development. The Saudi Ministry of Education needs to: a) develop policy that takes into account the structure and the processes that shape education outcomes and b) to represent the voices of service users and service providers who have different and overlapping views.     

基于人工股票市场的最小交易单位机制仿真

在Eclipse平台上构建了一个模拟中国沪深股市的人工股票市场,采用交易者混合策略三因素模型和交易意愿更新模型刻画了有限理性异质交易者的投资行为。通过对不同价值股票在不同最小交易单位机制下的重复仿真实验,从价格数据、市场指令流、交易者福利、市场质量等几个方面对比分析了最小交易单位设置的合理性。结果表明,在我国股市现有交易机制和投资者结构下,降低最小交易单位能够增强小额投资者的参与热情和预测精度,提高股票价值和市场质量,这一点对于高价股尤其明显。因此,文章建议适当降低最小交易单位,并提出1股的统一最小单位制和优先降低高价股最小交易单位的分级最小单位制两种机制调整方案以供参考。     

我国中央企业审计委托模式变革的理论分析与实证检验

我国中央企业的审计委托权自2004年开始陆续从管理者行权转向产权所有者行权,演化博弈分析显示这会促使央企的独立审计向着高质量审计演化,对2004～2008年由产权所有者行使审计委托权的央企与由管理者行权的一般企业的审计意见购买行为的有序Logit实证检验显示央企不能成功购买审计意见,而一般企业能够。由此,一般企业审计质量的提高可从改革审计委托模式着手,通过寻求产权所有者行权的变通模式来使独立审计行业形成一种趋向于高质量审计的良性循环机制。     

Stability of coupled impulsive Markovian jump reaction-diffusion systems on networks

This paper is devoted to the investigation of stability for a class of coupled impulsive Markovian jump reaction-diffusion systems on networks (CIMJRDSNs). By using graph theory, a systematic method is provided to construct global Lyapunov functions for the CIMJRDSNs. Based on Lyapunov functions and stochastic analysis method, some novel stability principles associated with the topology property of the networks are established.     

Null controllability of some degenerate wave equations

This paper is devoted to a study of the null controllability problems for one-dimensional linear degenerate wave equations through a boundary controller. First, the well-posedness of linear degenerate wave equations is discussed. Then the null controllability of some degenerate wave equations is established, when a control acts on the non-degenerate boundary. Different from the known controllability results in the case that a control acts on the degenerate boundary, any initial value in state space is controllable in this case. Also, an explicit expression for the controllability time is given. Furthermore, a counterexample on the controllability is given for some other degenerate wave equations.     

Continuity of solution mappings for parametric generalized set-valued weak vector equilibrium problems

This paper obtains some stability results for parametric generalized set-valued weak vector equilibrium problem. Under new assumptions, which do not contain any information about solution mappings, the authors establish the continuity of the solution mapping to a parametric generalized set-valued weak vector equilibrium problem without monotonicity. These results extend and improve some results in the literature. Some examples are given to illustrate the results.     

A new estimator of covariance matrix via partial Iwasawa coordinates

This paper is concerned with the problem of improving the estimator of covariance matrix under Stein’s loss. By the partial Iwasawa coordinates of covariance matrix, the corresponding risk can be split into three parts. One can use the information in the weighted matrix of weighted quadratic loss to improve one part of risk. However, this paper indirectly takes advantage of the information in the sample mean and reuses Iwasawa coordinates to improve the rest of risk. It is worth mentioning that the process above can be repeated. Finally, a Monte Carlo simulation study is carried out to verify the theoretical results.     

互联网新闻媒体报道对我国股市的影响分析

互联网新闻媒体作为投资者的重要信息来源,对投资者的投资决策具有重要影响,同时也会影响股票市场的具体表现.为研究互联网媒体上发布的新闻报道对股票市场的影响,本文通过互联网搜索引擎采集了与股票市场相关的大量新闻报道,从新闻媒体关注度和情感指标两个方面分析其对我国股票市场的影响.通过对2012年1月1日至2016年4月30日之间上证综指的表现进行实证检验,发现互联网新闻媒体的关注度和情感指标对我国股票市场的运行均有一定的影响,而舆情指数一方面不受新闻媒体报道数量的影响,另一方面衡量了情感指标的相对影响,是量化新闻媒体报道情感的较佳指标.同时,我们的实证显示众多新闻媒体报道的网站来源中,52.8%的来源中已经包含了99.3%的新闻报道,是对股票市场产生影响的重要来源.通过互联网新闻媒体关注度和情感指标对股票市场影响的研究,可以加强对股票市场走势的分析与预测,为投资者提供投资建议.     

中国山区国土空间特性与区域发展*

中国是一个多山的国家,其地理空间的差异性与山地有着诸多联系,甚至是必然性的联系。山地的纵横分布构成了独特的地域空间,导致陆地表层过程的复杂性与分异性凸显,对自然系统和人文社会的演进都产生了不同程度的影响与制约,进而关联到山区国土空间开发格局变化及其可持续发展。充分认识中国山区国土空间特性,对因地制宜地促进山区经济社会发展具有全局性意义,是确保绿水青山本源、维系国家可持续发展战略的重要基础。