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(IEEE Press, 2010-07)Designing a suitable objective function is an essential step in successfully applying an evolutionary algorithm to a problem. In this study we apply a grammar-based Genetic Programming algorithm called Grammatical Evolution ...
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(Westdeutscher Verlag, 2002)In Europa finden immer mehr Volksentscheide statt. Diese Entwicklung wird im ersten Kapitel dieses Beitrages dokumentiert. Anschließend werden die europäischen Erfahrungen mit direkter Demokratie klassifiziert, verglichen ...
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1984-04)This paper reviews the issue, first considered by J. L. Ford of the observational (as opposed to the logical) equivalence of the Ricardian and Heckscher-Ohlin explanations of trade patterns. A necessary and sufficient ...
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(Blackwell, 2002)Many economics theories suggest that the assignment of workers to occupations changes over the business cycle: expansions allow workers to upgrade to occupations that pay higher wages and require more skill. This paper ...
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(Elsevier, 2006-05)Odour and ammonia emissions were measured at four intensive pig units in Ireland. Odour samples were collected on-site and analysed for odour concentration using an olfactometer. Ammonia concentrations in the exhaust ...
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(Elsevier, 2006-05)Odour and ammonia emissions were measured from three broiler, two layer and two turkey houses in Ireland. The broiler units gave a large range of odour and ammonia emission rates depending on the age of the birds and the ...
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(Econometrics Society Australasian Meeting (ESAM) (Melbourne, Monash, July 2004), 2004-05-27)Terrorist attacks such as the attacks on the World Trade Centre in September 2001 have generated new interest in the debate on capital punishment. It has been suggested that support for the death penalty could be higher ...
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2000-12-11)I take the publication of The Spatial Economy by Fujita, Krugman and Venables as an opportunity to expound and assess the "new economic geography". I use a simple diagram to show how the basic model works; give a ...
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Oil refinery wastewater treatment using physicochemical, Fenton and Photo-Fenton oxidation processes (Taylor & Francis, 2012-02-09)The objective of this study was to investigate the application of advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) to the treatment of wastewaters contaminated with hydrocarbon oil. Three different oil-contaminated wastewaters were ...
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(University College Dublin. School of Business. Centre for Financial Markets, 2009-08)There has recently been considerable interest in the potential adverse effects associated with excessive uncertainty in energy futures markets. Theoretical models of investment under uncertainty predict that increased ...
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(Institute for the Study of Labor, 2007-08)While recent research finds strong evidence that birth order affects children’s outcomes such as education and earnings, the evidence on the effects of birth order on IQ is decidedly mixed. This paper uses a large dataset ...
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2009-07)
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1994-08)This note examines the sensitivity of tests for homogeneity in demand systems to such factors as omitted variables and dynamic and stochastic specification. It estimates demand systems for Ireland using time-series data ...
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(Taylor & Francis, 1995-10)Examines the sensitivity of tests for homogeneity in Ireland's demand systems on various economic factors. Use of time series data for unconditional demand systems in differentiating dynamic and stochastic specifications; ...
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(University College Dublin. School of EconomicsUniversity College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2009-10-21)Kanazawa (2007) offers an explanation for the variation across countries of average intelligence. It is based on the idea human intelligence is a domain specific adaptation and that both temperature and the distance from ...
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1991-03)
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(Elsevier Science B.V., 1992-10)Recent evidence on output convergence across economies has been widely interpreted as falsifying the predictions of endogenous growth theory. This paper shows, however, that nonconvergence is an artifact of the deterministic ...
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(Bilkent University. Department of Economics, 2000)
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(University College Dublin. Institute for British-Irish Studies, 2009)
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(Elsevier, 2009-04-15)A simple and efficient one-step procedure is described for the synthesis of a number of symmetrical 1,4-disubstituted piperazine-2,5-diones under phase transfer conditions. The reactions are carried out at room temperature, ...
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