Which survey indicators are useful for monitoring consumption? Evidence from European countries

This paper assesses the information content of two survey indicators for consumption developments in the near future for eight European countries in the period 1985–1998. Empirical work on this topic typically focuses on consumer confidence, the perceptions of buyers of consumption goods. This paper examines whether perceptions of sellers of consumption goods, measured by retail trade surveys, may also improve short‐term monitoring of consumption. We find that both consumer confidence and retailer confidence embody valuable information, when analysed in isolation. For France, Italy and Spain we conclude that adding retail confidence does not improve the indicator model once consumer confidence has been included. For the UK the reverse case is obtained. For the remaining four countries we show that combining consumer sentiment and retail trade confidence into a composite indicator leads to optimal results. Our results suggest that incorporating information from retail trade surveys may offer significant benefits for the analysis of short‐term prospects of consumption. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

求Ramsey数最优下界值的递归算法

要确定每个具体的Ramsey数的数值是相当困难的,至今人们只求出了为数很少的几个Ramsey数的数值.人们在研究Ramsey数性质的同时,也在估计Ramsey数的数值,得出了某些Ramsey数的下界值,但工作进展缓慢.本文提出了一种计算Ramsey数最优下界值的递归算法,该算法利用当今关于Ramsey数的最新结果,能得出Ramsey数的目前最优下界值.1 算法描述不妨将本算法定名为G,参数个数为1个以上(可变化),算法允许递归调用,其输出值为Ramsey数的目前最优下界值.C(k_1,k_2…,k_n)表示以k_1,k_2…,k_n作为输入,通过算法G所得到的输出结果,即C(k_1,k_2…,k_n)表示的是G算出的Ramsey数N(k_1,k_2,…,k_n;2)的目前最优下界值,其中N(k_1,k_2…,k_n;2)的含意与文献[2]中有关含意相同.算法G:     

一种最短路径的演示算法

根据最短径问题的理论 ,编制了一个最短路径问题的演示算法 ,文中给出了合理的存储结构及主要算法 ,本算法与教材中的算法不同 ,更好地体现了迪杰斯特拉思想     

A High Speed Detection Scheme for Point Targets in a Multitarget Environment

The purpose of this paper is to develop a high speed detection scheme for moving and / or stationary point targets in a multitarget environment as registered in an IR image sequence. An iterative approximate 3-D line searching algorithm based upon the geometric representation of lines (for non-maneuvering targets in space) in a 3-D space is derived. The convergency of the algorithm is proved. An analysis is performed of the theoretical detection performance of the algorithm. The statistical experiment results show high effectiveness and computational efficiency of the algorithm in the case of low SNR. The idea may be employed to satisfy the real-time processing requirement of an IR system.     

Radar Imaging Based on Iterative Algorithms

It has long been realized that the problem of radar imaging is a special case of image reconstruction in which the data are incomplete and noisy. In other fields, iterative reconstruction algorithms have been used successfully to improve the image quality. This paper studies the application of iterative algorithms in radar imaging. A discrete model is first derived, and the iterative algorithms are then adapted to radar imaging. Although such algorithms are usually time consuming, this paper shows that, if the algorithms are appropriately simplified, it is possible to realize them even in real time. The efficiency of iterative algorithms is shown through computer simulations.     

Subset threshold autoregression

We develop in this paper an efficient way to select the best subset threshold autoregressive model. The proposed method uses a stochastic search idea. Differing from most conventional approaches, our method does not require us to fix the delay or the threshold parameters in advance. By adopting the Markov chain Monte Carlo techniques, we can identify the best subset model from a very large of number of possible models, and at the same time estimate the unknown parameters. A simulation experiment shows that the method is very effective. In its application to the US unemployment rate, the stochastic search method successfully selects lag one as the time delay and five best models from more than 4000 choices. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Seismic 3D Prestack Time Migration on Parallel Computers

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二元矩阵值分叉连分式插值的矩阵算法

本文给出了一个计算二元矩阵分叉连分式插值的系数算法以及与此算法等价的矩阵算法,这种算法是用矩阵广义逆意义下定义的矩阵行、列初等变换而给出的．     

《重筛法》及其应用(Ⅰ)

《重筛法》是一种研究方法,是把复合数与质数区分开来,并进行分类和标码,使质数分布问题的研究转换成对“码”运算的研究.本文介绍了《重筛法》部分内容,及其在若干质数分布问题研究中的应用.本文着重介绍利用等差级数特性,实现复合数和质数的区分、分类和标码;并推导出实用的质数公式.     

基于TMS320C5409的语音处理系统

介绍了一个基于DSP(TMS320C5409)的语音采集、编码、回放系统实例,对于DSP与CODEC芯片如何连接和配合工作提出了较为详细的解决方案,并从硬件、软件两个方面做出了说明.