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Library Profile / University Of Western Ontario, Linda Lutz, Barbara Dean
Library Profile / University Of Western Ontario, Linda Lutz, Barbara Dean
Against the Grain
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Book Reviews, Barry Fast
Airline Quality Rating 1994, Brent D. Bowen, Dean E. Headley
Airline Quality Rating 1994, Brent D. Bowen, Dean E. Headley
Airline Quality Rating Report
The Airline Quality Rating was developed and first announced in early 1991 as an objective method of comparing airlien performance on combined multiple factors inportant to consumers. Development history and calculation details for the AQR rating system are detailed in The Airline Quality Rating (NIAR Report 91-11) issued in April, 1991, by the National Institute for Aviation Reserach at Wichita State University. A full reporting of the monthly Airline Quality Rating scores for 1991 and 1992 is available in Airline Quality Report 1992 (NIAR Report 92-11) and Airline Quality Rating Report 1993 (NIAR Report 93-11) by contacting Wichita State University. …
The Development Of A Prototype Congestion Management System For The State Of Indiana: Phase 1, Nishantha R. Gunawardena, Kumares C. Sinha
The Development Of A Prototype Congestion Management System For The State Of Indiana: Phase 1, Nishantha R. Gunawardena, Kumares C. Sinha
JTRP Technical Reports
This study details a comprehensive set of guidelines and a work-plan that consists of nine elements that need to be developed in implementing a congesion management system. A procedure has been developed by means of which congestion on roadway links can be identified at a macroscopic level using daily volume counts (ADT) after which, links that are identified as being congested will be subjected to a more detailed microscopic study using hourly volume counts to determine extent, duration and severity of congestion.
Development Of A Strategy For Compliance With Epa And Osha Regulation Application To Indot Facilities, Lynn A. Corson
Development Of A Strategy For Compliance With Epa And Osha Regulation Application To Indot Facilities, Lynn A. Corson
JTRP Technical Reports
Between March 1990 and November 1992, a sample of 27 field and support facilities operated by the Indiana Department of Transportation were visited by staff of the Environmental Management and education Program, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, for the purpose of conducting workplace assessments to ascertain the department’s compliance with federal and state environmental and worker protection regulations. Thirty-eight different department operations and nine different employee functions were observed and analyzed. There were compliance areas at every facility visited which needed strengthening. A total of 222 recommendations for strengthening those areas are included in the research report. The department …
Multimedia Application Synthesis Study, Bob G. Mccullouch
Multimedia Application Synthesis Study, Bob G. Mccullouch
JTRP Technical Reports
Multimedia with its ability to involve various human faculties through the use of various media forms, provides a robust environment in which to learn in. Retention improves significantly when media exercises these various human faculties. Studies indicate that students complete training in one-third the time of the traditional instruction method while reaching up to 50 percent higher competency levels. Utilizing this technology can provide improved training tools and learning environments for the Department. Because of the many potential applications, technical and nontechnical, that may exist within the Department for utilizing this technology; a study was performed to answer questions about …
Reviewer's Guide For Traffic Impact Studies, Soumya Sekhar Dey, Jon D. Fricker
Reviewer's Guide For Traffic Impact Studies, Soumya Sekhar Dey, Jon D. Fricker
JTRP Technical Reports
No abstract provided.
Estimating Statewide Vehicle Miles Traveled In Indiana : Draft Final Report, Robert Kwasi Kumapley, Jon D. Fricker
Estimating Statewide Vehicle Miles Traveled In Indiana : Draft Final Report, Robert Kwasi Kumapley, Jon D. Fricker
JTRP Technical Reports
Two cross classification models have been developed in this study for use in the estimation of statewide VMT in Indiana. This is to provide INDOT with an independent source of improved statewide VMT estimates based on driver behavior to supplement the estimates obtained from the traffic count based HPMS method. The models are calibrated to produce VMT estimates for all functional classes in the state network, including combined statewide VMT estimates for functional classes that are not part of the state highway system. The results obtained in the model evaluation process indicate that the models are well calibrated. Model-generated VMT …
An Evaluation Of The Strategic Highway Research Project Packing Handbook, Kenneth P. Cox, Charles F. Scholer, Menashi D. Cohen
An Evaluation Of The Strategic Highway Research Project Packing Handbook, Kenneth P. Cox, Charles F. Scholer, Menashi D. Cohen
JTRP Technical Reports
The objective of this research is to evaluate the use of the November 8, 1991 SHRP C-206 report entitled, “Packing Handbook – A Guide to the Optimal Gradation of Concrete Aggregates”. The purpose of the Packing Handbook is to determine the optimal combination of fine and coarse aggregates for concrete from available aggregate sources. Through the use of tables provided in the Packing Handbook, and given sources with known aggregate gradations and void contents, the relative proportion of each aggregate (coarse and fine) is obtained. Concretes made using the Packing Handbook recommendations of aggregate proportioning were compared to concretes used …
Guidelines For Permitting Overloads, Part 2: Statistical Analysis Of Overload Vehicle Effects On Indiana Highway Bridges, Donald W. White, J. A. Ramirez, N Prasad, Thomas Kuczek
Guidelines For Permitting Overloads, Part 2: Statistical Analysis Of Overload Vehicle Effects On Indiana Highway Bridges, Donald W. White, J. A. Ramirez, N Prasad, Thomas Kuczek
JTRP Technical Reports
This report summarizes an analytical investigation carried out to develop a set of guidelines for regulation of overload vehicles in Indiana. A formula based first phase evaluation of overload permit requests is developed through statistical study of the rating of a representative sample of the highway bridges in Indiana using a representative sample of overload vehicles observed in the state in 1990 and 1991 plus the HS 20 design vehicle and the two Indiana Toll Road loadings. A sample of 148 bridges is chosen from a total population of 3700 Indiana highway bridges using a proportionate stratified random sampling process. …
Guidelines For Permitting Overloads; Part 1: Effect Of Overloaded Vehicles On The Indiana Highway Network, Sameh Mohamed Zaghloul, Thomas D. White
Guidelines For Permitting Overloads; Part 1: Effect Of Overloaded Vehicles On The Indiana Highway Network, Sameh Mohamed Zaghloul, Thomas D. White
JTRP Technical Reports
Closed form analysis is commonly used to analyze pavement structures. This type of analysis assumes linear elastic material properties and static loading conditions. In reality, pavement materials are not linear elastic materials. For example, asphalt mixtures are viscoelastic materials and cohesive soils are elastic-plastic materials. Also truck loads are moving loads. The difference between the closed form analysis assumptions and the actual pavement conditions leads to significant differences between measured and predicted pavement response. A study has been conducted at Purdue University to develop a procedure for permitting overloaded trucks in Indiana. This study was funded by the Indiana Department …
Implementation Of The Developed Quality Acceptance System For Steel Bridge Painting Construction, Luh M. Chang, Machine Hsie
Implementation Of The Developed Quality Acceptance System For Steel Bridge Painting Construction, Luh M. Chang, Machine Hsie
JTRP Technical Reports
The purpose of this research is to implement the steel bridge painting quality acceptance system developed in the Joint Highway Research Project HPR-2029-89-27 and to computerize the developed system into inspectors’ daily practice. A training program was conducted. Field experiment of the developed inspection system was initiated immediately right after the inspector training program. The new acceptance system was manually tested. Feedback from INDOT’s inspectors and other personnel were adopted to refine the inspection system. Meanwhile, an interactive computer graphic program was developed to assist the INDOT in designing the double sampling plan and deciding the sample size with controlled …
The Computer Aided System For Planning Efficient Routes, J. R. Wright
The Computer Aided System For Planning Efficient Routes, J. R. Wright
JTRP Technical Reports
The Indiana Department of Transportation has sponsored the design and implementation of a decision support system for routing highway maintenance vehicles – the Computer Aided System for Planning Efficient Routes (CASPER). Designed for solving multiobjective route design problems, CASPER has been used by agency personnel to design routes for winter maintenance vehicles with significant results: cost savings of more than $9-million to the State of Indiana through more efficient use of materials, equipment, and personnel, while at the same time significant improvement in overall level of network and public service. CASPER integrates 1: an extensive spatial network database (GIS/CAD), 2) …
The Writing Center As Site For Cross-Language Research, Carol Severino
The Writing Center As Site For Cross-Language Research, Carol Severino
The Writing Center Journal
No abstract provided.
An Experimental Investigation About The Structure Of International Commerce, Ron Ruey Duh, Shyam Sunder
An Experimental Investigation About The Structure Of International Commerce, Ron Ruey Duh, Shyam Sunder
Purdue CIBER Working Papers
Individual behavior in isolation is known to deviate systematically from predictions of the Bayes' Rule when they are intuitively (i.e., without formal computation). Economic settings, rich in incentives, information and learning, may induce Bayesian behavior. Further, it is possible that the aggregate behavior in markets can be predicted accurately by simply assuming that individuals act as Bayesians. Data from laboratory markets suggest that, compared to specific alternative assumptions about individual information processing, Bayes' Rule is a better predictor of market price but not of allocation and efficiency. Improvement in its performance with trader experience suggests that, as a descriptive theoory …
Between Realignments And Intervention: The Belgian Franc In The European Monetary System, Kees G. Koedijk, Phillip A. Stork, Casper G. De Vries
Between Realignments And Intervention: The Belgian Franc In The European Monetary System, Kees G. Koedijk, Phillip A. Stork, Casper G. De Vries
Purdue CIBER Working Papers
We analyse the fuctioning of the Belgian franc in the European Monetary System between 1979 and 1991. A discrete time target zone model which captures the features displayed by the continuous time models is combined with intervention data provided by the Belgian central bank. Simple prediction formulas are derived to calculate one-week-ahead conditional probabilities on a realignment of the Belgian franc relative to the Deutsche mark. The devaluation probabilities are matched with the intervention data. We find support fo rhte notion that Belgian intervention policy was a policy of leaning against the wind.
International Human Resource Strategy And Control: The Case Of Multinationals And Their Subsidiaries, John M. Hannon, Ing-Chung Huang, Bih-Shiaw Jaw
International Human Resource Strategy And Control: The Case Of Multinationals And Their Subsidiaries, John M. Hannon, Ing-Chung Huang, Bih-Shiaw Jaw
Purdue CIBER Working Papers
This study examined the relationship between International Human Resource (IHR) Strategy and International Human Resource Control. To do so, Jarillo and Martinez's (1990) framework for parent--subsidiary business strategy was recast into an IHR strategy context and Snell's (1992) conceputualization of control int he supervisor--subordinate relationship was extended to the parent--subsidiary setting. Data from 100 subsidiaries and their parents shwoed that subsidiaries adopt one of three (receptive, active, or autonomous) IHR strategies. In addition, the data demonstrate that a globally integrated IHR strategy is associated with tighter control over the subsidiary's selection, performance evaluation, and reward systems and looser control over …
On The Determinants Of Corporate Hedging With Financial Derivatives, Stephen R. Goldberg, Joseph H. Godwin, Myung-Sun Kim, Charles A. Tritschler
On The Determinants Of Corporate Hedging With Financial Derivatives, Stephen R. Goldberg, Joseph H. Godwin, Myung-Sun Kim, Charles A. Tritschler
Purdue CIBER Working Papers
We examine explanations for corporate policy choices related to the use of derivative financial instruments. Recent corporate disclosure requirements allows us to replicate and extend the work of Nance, Smith and Smithson (1993, NSS) using a larger sample. We extend previous research by considering interest rate and foreign exchange hedging separately, using continuous rather than binary measures of hedging, and including variables measuring level of multinationality and exposure to interest rate and foreign exchange rate changes. The findings document robust empirical relationships among corporate policy decisions and firm characteristics. In a tobit regression analysis, our results suggest that firms which …
Customer-Driven Human Resource Policies And Practices In Japan, John M. Hannon, Yoko Sano
Customer-Driven Human Resource Policies And Practices In Japan, John M. Hannon, Yoko Sano
Purdue CIBER Working Papers
No abstract provided.
Stylized Facts Of Nominal Exchange Rate Returns, Casper G. De Vries, K. U. Leuven
Stylized Facts Of Nominal Exchange Rate Returns, Casper G. De Vries, K. U. Leuven
Purdue CIBER Working Papers
This survey collects the stylized facts on nominal foreign exchange rate returns. The most salient statistical regularities: unit roots, fat tails, and volatility clusters are extensively discussed.
The Mediating Effects Of Pre- And Post-Assignment Activities On The Quality Of Work Life Of Expatriates: Evidence For Managers In The P.R.C., John Hannon, Ing-Chung Huang, Cheng-Chen Lin
The Mediating Effects Of Pre- And Post-Assignment Activities On The Quality Of Work Life Of Expatriates: Evidence For Managers In The P.R.C., John Hannon, Ing-Chung Huang, Cheng-Chen Lin
Purdue CIBER Working Papers
This study investigates how two managerial interventions, pre-assignment training and post-assignmnet support, mediate the relationship between a set of personal & job characteristics and a broad measure of foreign assignment success, quality of work life (QWL). To accomplish this, we studied 199 expatriates posted form the Republic of China (Taiwan) to the People's Republic of China (PRC), a host ocutnry with a similar language, race, and cultural background. Using this setting, we were better able to isolate the mediating effects of these human resource interventions on the assignee's adjustment and success. In the end, it appears that some of the …
Financial Reporting For Foreign Exchange Derivatives, Stephen R. Goldberg, Charles A. Tritschler, Joseph H. Godwin
Financial Reporting For Foreign Exchange Derivatives, Stephen R. Goldberg, Charles A. Tritschler, Joseph H. Godwin
Purdue CIBER Working Papers
A major objective of the FASB's financial instruments project, inclusive of SFAS 105, SFAS 107 and SFAS 119, is to provide information useful to investors in assessing the credit and market rish associated with the use of off-balance-sheet ifnancial instruments. We survey 1992 SFAS 105 and SFAS 107 disclosures on Foreign Exchange Derivatives (FXD) to: (1) benchmark current practice by summarizing quantitative and qualitative disclosures of FXD, and (2) examine the usefulness of current disclosures in assessing market and credit rish related to FXD. In achieving these objectives, we provide insight into how leading U.S. multinationals operationalize accounting standards related …
Economic Exposure And Integrated Risk Management, Kent D. Miller
Economic Exposure And Integrated Risk Management, Kent D. Miller
Purdue CIBER Working Papers
Most corporate risk management research focuses on particular risk exposures to the exclusion of other interrelated exposures. By contrast, this study models corporate risk exposures using a multivariate approach integrating the distinct exposures of interest to finance and strategy researchers. The paper addresses the implications of multivariate modeling for corporate risk management, some key methodological issues arising in empirical estimation of corporate economic exposrues, and directions for research on integrated risk management.
Diversification Responses To Environmental Uncertainties, Kent D. Miller
Diversification Responses To Environmental Uncertainties, Kent D. Miller
Purdue CIBER Working Papers
This study develops and tests a behavioral model of diversification responses to environmental uncertainties. Regression results using an international data set provide strong support for the general proposition that uncertainties associated with different environmental components--political, government policy, macroeconomic, competitive, input, and product demand uncertainties--have different implications for firm product and international market diversification.
A Model For Filter-Rule Gains In Foreign Exchange Markets, John Carlson, Marc Surchat
A Model For Filter-Rule Gains In Foreign Exchange Markets, John Carlson, Marc Surchat
Purdue CIBER Working Papers
An f-percent filter rule in a foreign exchange market calls for buying a foreign currency when its price has risen by f percent above a trough and holding until its price has fallen f percent from a peak. If the foreign exchange rate following a random walk, this is an unprofitable strategy. Since ex post filter rules continue to show positive gains on average, there must be a pattern in the data that makes these gains possible. Slight first-order autocorrelation, evident in the changes in actual exchange rates, is not strong enough by itself to account for the ex post …
The Influence Of Changing Trade Patterns Of Displacements Of Labor, Jon D. Haveman
The Influence Of Changing Trade Patterns Of Displacements Of Labor, Jon D. Haveman
Purdue CIBER Working Papers
While there is an extensive literature detailing the change in industrial employment resulting from changes int rading patterns, there is no significant literature that translates these changes in labor demand to actual worker hardship. This study provides evidence of the labor market effects of changes in import and export competition throughout the 1980's by focusing on the level of industry displacements, workers involuntarily separated from their industry of employment, rather than changes in the level of industry employment. The results therefore shed light on the number of workers that were measureably injured by changing trade patterns. The analysis is based …
Operational Flexibility Responses To Environmental Uncertainties, Kent D. Miller
Operational Flexibility Responses To Environmental Uncertainties, Kent D. Miller
Purdue CIBER Working Papers
This study develops and tests a behavioral model of organizational changes in operational flexibility. Regression results using an international data set provide strong support for the general proposition that uncertainties associated with different environmental components--poitical, government policy, macroeconomic, competitive, input and product demand uncertainties--have different implications for firm internal, locational, and supploer flexibility. Slack acts as a buffer attenuating, and often offsetting, the direct effects of uncertainties on changes in operational flexibility.
Beyond The Lecture: Case Teaching And The Learning Of Economic Theory, John A. Carlson, David W. Schodt
Beyond The Lecture: Case Teaching And The Learning Of Economic Theory, John A. Carlson, David W. Schodt
Purdue CIBER Working Papers
No abstract provided.
Classification Of Multi-Spectral Data By Joint Supervised-Unsupervised Learning, Behzad Shahshahani, David Landgrebe
Classification Of Multi-Spectral Data By Joint Supervised-Unsupervised Learning, Behzad Shahshahani, David Landgrebe
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technical Reports
An important problem in pattern recognition is the effect of small design sample size on classification performance. When the ratio of the number of training samples to the number of feature measurements is small, the estimates of the discrimiriant functions are not accurate and therefore the classification results might not be satisfactory. This problem is becoming more and more important in remote sensing, as the number of available spectral bands is becoming greater and greater. In order to utilize fully the information contained in the high dimensional data, training samples are needed from all of the classes of interest. A …
The Determinants Of Corporate Attractiveness, John Hannon, Yoko Sano
The Determinants Of Corporate Attractiveness, John Hannon, Yoko Sano
Purdue CIBER Working Papers
This study examines the effects of observable organizational characteristics on job seeker attributions of corporate attractiveness in Japan. Data from 11,060 Japanese university students (3,678 seniors specializing in engineering & science and 7,382 seniors majoring in liberal arts) demonstrate that a company's number of employees, an indication of job security and career potential, is related to corporate attractiveness for both groups, as hypothesized. Contrary to what was expected, the age of the firm, a surrogate for reputation and tradition, had no effect on corporate attractivenss for either group. The effects for sales, an indication of size, and profits, an indication …