Constructing and evaluating core inflation measures from component‐level inflation data

This paper undertakes a comprehensive examination of 10 measures of core inflation and evaluates which measure produces the best forecast of headline inflation out‐of‐sample. We use the Personal Consumption Expenditure Price Index as our measure of inflation. We use two sets of components (17 and 50) of the Personal Consumption Expenditure Price Index to construct these core inflation measures and evaluate these measures at the three time horizons (6, 12 and 24 months) most relevant for monetary policy decisions. The best measure of core inflation for both sets of components and over all time horizons uses weights based on the first principal component of the disaggregated (component‐level) prices. Interestingly, the results vary by the number of components used; when more components are used the weights based on the persistence of each component is statistically equivalent to the weights generated by the first principal component. However, those forecasts using the persistence of 50 components are statistically worse than those generated using the first principal component of 17 components. The statistical superiority of the principal component method is due to the fact that it extracts (in the first principal component) the common source of variation in the component level prices that accurately describes trend inflation over the next 6–24 months.     

Forecasting in long horizons using smoothed direct forecast

This paper constructs a forecast method that obtains long‐horizon forecasts with improved performance through modification of the direct forecast approach. Direct forecasts are more robust to model misspecification compared to iterated forecasts, which makes them preferable in long horizons. However, direct forecast estimates tend to have jagged shapes across horizons. Our forecast method aims to “smooth out” erratic estimates across horizons while maintaining the robust aspect of direct forecasts through ridge regression, which is a restricted regression on the first differences of regression coefficients. The forecasts are compared to the conventional iterated and direct forecasts in two empirical applications: real oil prices and US macroeconomic series. In both applications, our method shows improvement over direct forecasts.     

基于回转输运试验的煤散料离散元接触参数修正

为获取精确的刮板输送机离散元模拟结果，基于回转输运试验，通过响应面法对煤料的接触参数进行修正.采用Plackett-Burman试验考察接触参数对受力及堆积角的影响，发现煤-钢静摩擦系数、煤-煤摩擦系数具有显著正效应.根据爬坡试验结果，以受力及堆积角为响应值规划Box-Behnken试验，建立受力、堆积角与显著项间的二次回归多项式，以实测数据为目标值求得最佳参数:煤-钢静摩擦系数为0.401，煤-煤静摩擦系数为0.333，煤-煤滚动摩擦系数为0.041.通过不同输运条件下的回转试验验证了参数的准确性，为刮板输送机的离散元研究提供参考.     

基于ESI和InCites的学科发展预测研究--以中国地质大学为例

基于汤姆路透公司的ESI和InCites数据库，分析了中国地质大学各学科的特征，探讨了高被引论文、热门论文、顶尖论文与学科发展的关系，并预测后续最有可能入围ESI世界前1％的学科。     

太极的四维图象--大统一的宇宙结构

将<太极图>解析成太极图的四维图象,并根据<周易>的周而复始、生生不息的宇宙法则和现代物理学研究成果构画出太极宇宙模型,同时指出太极宇宙模型的基本特征及特点.根据太极宇宙模型、<周易>原理和现代科学成就提出并描述出大统一的宇宙结构图景,指出"炁天人合一"是易学思想的精髓、太极法则,即宇宙的主体时空观和宇宙的客观本体观的统一.本文提出的太极宇宙模型及大统一的宇宙结构与欧美等国科学家最近提出的循环宇宙、中空宇宙有异曲同工之妙.     

面向MIS的预测支持系统的研究

通过对预测支持系统研究现状的分析,讨论了预测支持系统如何更好的适用于MIS,为其提供预测支持.并提出了更加适应MIS当今和未来发展的预测支持系统构建模式.     

基于GM（1，1）模型的某高校招生人数预测

分析了近年来我国高校招生人数的变化趋势，并利用GM（1，1）模型对某高校2008年的招生人数进行了预测．从而为高校招生人数决策提供了依据。     

Becker齐次模型参数估计的A-最优设计

利用椭园型偏微分方程极值原理和对称多项式这两种数学工具,解决了三分量 Bech-er 齐次模型(Ⅲ),(Ⅱ)和(Ⅰ)的参数估计的 A-最优设计。     

理论价格调整与增加价值调整关系的一个数学模型及分析

本文利用矩阵理论及投入产出分析方法建立了价格指数与增加价值平衡方程,推导出价格调整与增加价值调整关系的数学模型,并对其模型的特点及经济意义进行了分析,为价格调整中的决策者作定量及定性分析时提供参考。     

Security Analysis of Discrete Logarithm Based Cryptosystems

0 IntroductionNowthere are many well known cryptosystems based ondiscrete logarithms , such as the ElGamal cryptosys-tem[1]and the digital signature algorithm(DSA)[2]. Discretelogarithms have many advantages . Breaking the discrete log-arithm modulo pri mepappears to be somewhat harder thanfactoringintegern,and elliptic curve cryptosystems may usemuchsmaller keysizesthan RSA-basedcryptosystems of com-parable security.The discrete logarithmproblemover a group can be bro-ken down into a numb…