Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractIntervention Model for Analyzing the Impact of Terrorism to Tourism IndustryZ. Ismail, Suhartono, A. Yahaya, R. EfendiProblem statement: It is common in time series data with extreme change in its mean caused by an intervention which comes from external and/or internal factors. This extreme change in mean is known as regime change or structural change. Problems of external factor intervention such as the effect of the Arab oil embargo to consumption level of electricity in United … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 5, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2009 · 7,944 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSwarm Negative Selection Algorithm for Electroencephalogram Signals ClassificationNasser Omer Sahel Ba-Karait, Siti Mariyam Shamsuddin, Rubita SudirmanProblem statement: The process of epilepsy diagnosis from EEG signals by a human scorer is a very time consuming and costly task considering the large number of epileptic patients admitted to the hospitals and the large amount of data needs to be scored. Therefore, there is a strong need to automate this process. Such automated systems must rely on robust … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 5, Issue 12 · 31 Dec 2009 · 7,205 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractStock Market Development and Economic GrowthAthanasios Vazakidis, Antonios AdamopoulosProblem statement: This study investigated the causal relationship between stock market development and economic growth for France for the period 1965-2007 using a Vector Error Correction Model (VECM). Questions were raised whether stock market development causes economic growth or reversely taking into account the negative effect of interest rate. Stock market development is estimated by the general stock market index. … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 11 · 30 Nov 2009 · 8,361 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractFinancial Development and Economic Growth An Empirical Analysis for GreeceAthanasios Vazakidis, Antonios AdamopoulosProblem statement: This study investigated the causal relationship between financial development and economic growth for Greece for the period 1978-2007 using a Vector Error Correction Model (VECM). Questions were raised whether financial development causes economic growth or reversely taking into account the positive effect of industrial production index. Financial market development is estimated by the effect of credit market development … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 7 · 31 Jul 2009 · 7,749 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractOn The Estimation of Survival Function and Parameter Exponential Life Time DistributionHadeel Salim Al-Kutubi, Noor Akma IbrahimProblem statement: The study and research of survival or reliability or life time belong to the same area of study but they may belong to a different area of application. In survival analysis one can use several life time distribution, exponential distribution with mean life time θ is one of them. To estimate this parameter and survival function we must … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 5, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2009 · 8,065 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractRETRACTED: Application of Sivasubramanian Kalimuthu Hypothesis to TrianglesM. SivasubramanianAt the request of the Editor-in-Chief, the Journal of Mathematics and Statistics has decided to retract the manuscript titled "Application of Sivasubramanian Kalimuthu Hypothesis to Triangles" authored by M. Sivasubramanian, published in Volume 5, Issue 2 with the page numbering 90-92. The authors have falsified findings and the article contains unsubstantiated claims and was accepted because of an administrative error. … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 5, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2009 · 7,646 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractRETRACTED: On Algebra and TachyonsM. Sivasubramanian, S. KalimuthuAt the request of the Editor-in-Chief, the Journal of Mathematics and Statistics has decided to retract the manuscript titled "On Algebra and Tachyons" authored by M. Sivasubramanian and S. Kalimuthu, published in Volume 5, Issue 2 with the page numbering 88-89. The authors have falsified findings and the article contains unsubstantiated claims and was accepted because of an administrative error. … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 5, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2009 · 7,239 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDigital Recognition using Neural NetworkSaleh Ali K. Al-Omari, Putra Sumari, Sadik A. Al-Taweel, Anas J.A. HusainProblem statement: Handwriting number recognition is a challenging problem researchers had been research into this area for so long especially in the recent years. In our study there are many fields concern with numbers, for example, checks in banks or recognizing numbers in car plates, the subject of digit recognition appears. A system for recognizing isolated digits may be as … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 5, Issue 6 · 30 Jun 2009 · 7,661 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDeterminants of Outward Foreign Direct Investments from Small Island Developing StatesDensil A. WilliamsProblem statement: Although there is a burgeoning literature on the rise of Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) from developing economies, comparatively less work exists on MNEs from small, developing economies. Given the precipitous rise in the level of outward foreign direct investments from small, economies, it is still not clear in the academic literature and for policy purposes, those factors in the … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 1, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2009 · 7,325 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractLinear Regression Model Selection Based on Robust Bootstrapping TechniqueHassan S. Uraibi, Habshah Midi, Bashar A. Talib, Jabar H. YousifProblem statement: Bootstrap approach had introduced new advancement in modeling and model evaluation. It was a computer intensive method that can replace theoretical formulation with extensive use of computer. The Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) method often used to estimate the parameters of the regression models in the bootstrap procedure. Unfortunately, many statistics practitioners are not aware of the fact that … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 6 · 30 Jun 2009 · 7,876 accessesView PDFCite