O ptimizing Compilers for Modern Architectures: A Dependence-Based Approach, Randy Allen and Ken Kennedy. Although modern computer architectures designed with high-speed microprocessors offer… (More)
Target tracking is an important application for wireless ad hoc sensor networks. Because of the energy and communication constraints imposed by the size of the sensors, the processing has to be… (More)
Dolby AC-3 is a flexible audio data compression technology capable of encoding a range of audio channel formats into a low rate bit stream. Channel formats range from monophonic to 5.1 channels, and… (More)
The partial conjunction/disjunction function (PCD) integrates conjunctive and disjunctive features in a single function. Special cases of this function include the pure conjunction, the pure… (More)
Epistemic possibilities are relative to bodies of information, or perspectives. To claim that something is epistemically possible is typically to claim that it is possible relative one's own current… (More)
This paper examines the role of money when private information about the quality of the goods is present. In the private information environment, barter exchange for high-quality goods is rare since… (More)
This paper studies how monetary policy jointly affects asset prices and the real economy in the United States. To this end, I develop an estimator that uses high-frequency surprises as a proxy for… (More)
Comparing the effectiveness of two treatments on nonrandomized groups is difficult because there are almost always baseline differences between the groups. Propensity scores (Rosenbaum and Rubin,… (More)
States that rapid changes in the environment have exerted significant pressures on hospitals to incorporate patient satisfaction in their strategic stance and quest for market share and long-term… (More)