During the launch of the Space Shuttle Columbia on January 16, 2003, foam originating from the external tank impacted the shuttle?s left wing 81 seconds after lift-off. Then on February 1 st, Space Sh...
Jiang Wang, and seminar participants at the IMF for helpful discussions, Torbj?rn Becker, Przemek Gajdeczka, Hunter Monroe, and Anthony Richards for detailed comments on earlier drafts, and Peter Allu...
Hines, Nick Lardy, Sung Yung-Wing, and seminar participants at an NBER meeting, the World Bank, and University of Southern California for helpful discussion. All remaining errors that have evaded our ...
By comparing the Song edition of Shang Han Lun with that of the pre -Song period, it is claimed that the original order of this book was not arranged on the sequence of 3- yin and 3- yang. Instead, it...
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ExperimentDesigner is a Tcl/Tk interface that allows users to easily design and run complicated experiments using a convenient graphical user interface (GUI). Features include: process varia...
In this thesis, we present new methods for solving nonlinear optimization problems. These problems are di cult to solve because the nonlinear constraints form feasible regions that are di cult to nd, ...