Cramer's theorem, that a normal distribution function $(\operatorname{df})$ has only normal components, is extended to a case where the components are allowed to be from a subclass $(B_1)$ of the ...

Mathematics of Operations Research, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Feb., 1987), pp. 22-31 (10 pages) With the recent development of efficient algorithms for locating modules in a precedence network, a new class of ...

Legendre polynomials are the most familiar orthogonal polynomials, and are used in approximation theory. Their generalizations, called Legendre functions, are parametrized by an order as well as a ...

The purpose of this paper is to decompose total factor productivity (TFP)-type quantity into supply/productivity, demand, and other shocks. We propose a method of decomposing these three kinds of ...