The estimation of economic relationships often confronts the challenge of weak instruments – variables that are only weakly correlated with endogenous regressors. Such weakness can lead to substantial ...

State estimation and filtering techniques form the backbone of modern control, signal processing and data fusion methodologies. These techniques are employed to infer the internal states of a dynamic ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

Though conceptually appealing, it is impossible to fully account in practice for all the individual decisions and behaviors that constitute the nation’s water use. Nevertheless, statistical sampling ...