Forecast accuracy after pretesting with an application to the stock market

In econometrics, as a rule, the same data set is used to select the model and, conditional on the selected model, to forecast. However, one typically reports the properties of the (conditional) forecast, ignoring the fact that its properties are affected by the model selection (pretesting). This is wrong, and in this paper we show that the error can be substantial. We obtain explicit expressions for this error. To illustrate the theory we consider a regression approach to stock market forecasting, and show that the standard predictions ignoring pretesting are much less robust than naive econometrics might suggest. We also propose a forecast procedure based on the ‘neutral Laplace estimator’, which leads to an improvement over standard model selection procedures. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

南淝河水质S-P模型参数K1、K2的估值

对南淝河河流水质S-P模型中碳化BOD衰减系数K1和大气复氧系数K2分段进行了估值.根据实验测定数据,用最小二乘法、图解法和两点法等3种方法对K1进行了估值,应用公式估算法对K2进行了估值,并对估值的结果与南淝河的有机污染状况进行了对比和分析,从而为模型提供准确的参数值,也为南淝河的水污染控制和水质规划提供有益的借鉴.     

TCP拥塞控制分析模型

介绍了研究传输控制协议 (TCP)拥塞控制问题的各种分析模型 ,指出了研究TCP拥塞控制的主要目标 .对当前国内外的研究动态给予了讨论 ,并对当前现有模型根据其流量范围和使用的分析工具进行了分类概括 .最后概要地阐述了在端到端和在网络中进行拥塞控制的相互关系     

新兴产业保护中的两产品关税谈判模型

用多目标规划与博弈论方法研究两国与两国产业(或缔约方双方与双方产业)的决策与竞争，建立了6个参与人的规划与博弈混合的多层次的两产品关税谈判模型，该模型包含3层次．上层是一个多目标规划模型，中层包含一个博弈模型，下层包含两个博弈模型．在给定满足模型假设条件的参数下对模型进行了求解与分析，并求出了模型的关税谈判均衡解．模型可用于政府制定关税决策，预测关税上限对国家与产业的影响。     

一类随机过程的多尺度建模

基于多尺度随机模型具有有效性和高度并行算法这一优势，提出如何用三阶树多尺度模型来表示1-D Reciprocal过程；并如何获得多尺度模型的参数。这就为具有Markov统计特性的信号或过程建立起一般的三阶树多尺度随机模型，为更有效的解决实际问题提供了理沦基础，同时，给出了一类定义在单位区间上的随机过程三阶树多尺度表示的仿真示例。     

极低硫钢的精炼脱硫动力学模型

通过对影响脱硫反应限制性环节的分析,将持续接触和瞬时接触两种反应模式综合考虑,建立了精炼脱硫动力学模型,并通过实验室"极低硫钢精炼脱硫"实验数据对模型进行验证.结果表明,本模型的预测结果与实验结果比较吻合.     

边界拟合坐标网格生成方法研究

指出了Thompson及Thomas曲线网格生成方法中控制网格分布的调节函数的问题所在，克服了Thomas曲线网格生成法中边界局部平直近似假定的缺陷，经过严格推导得出一组新的调节函数，并给出了曲线网格生成实例。实例检验表明，该调节函数能够对复杂边界的单连通域或多连通域生成理想的曲线网格，即边界处网格正交，内部网格分布能够适应物理量场变化。     

关于W变换性质的进一步讨论

根据W变换和Delta函数的定义，讨论了函数f(x)的线性函数af(x) b的W变换和函数Ⅱi-1^n，(x)的W变换问题，并推广了W变换的线性性质，得到了几个进一步的结果．     

最小二乘法在石油闪点检测中的应用

以铂电阻分度函数为基础，利用最小二乘法算法，给出了拟合多项式，很好地解决了石油闪点检测系统中铂电阻不平衡电桥法测温方案中的非线性误差，其方便性和实用性已在应用中得到验证。     

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.