Download PDF More Formats on IMF eLibrary Order a Print Copy Create Citation The purpose of this paper is to compare in-sample and out-of-sample performances of three parametric and non-parametric ...

Multiple event data are frequently encountered in medical follow-up, engineering and other applications when the multiple events are considered as the major outcomes. They may be repetitions of the ...

The paper compares non-parametric (design-based) and parametric (model-based) approaches to the analysis of data in the form of replicated spatial point patterns in two or more experimental groups.

We have performed a genome scan using 25 nuclear families consisting of right-handed parents with at least two left-handed children. Handedness was assessed as a qualitative trait using a laterality ...

Considering its 200-year history, parametric insurance has been slow to adopt, with conventional insurers regarding it as a niche proposition, suited for the hardest-to-insure exposures. Inflation and ...

Cardiometabolic diseases, such as heart attack, obesity, and diabetes, are responsible for nearly one-third of deaths ...