Semicontinuous health outcomes arise when an outcome variable combines a mass of exact zeros with a continuously distributed positive component. Common examples include healthcare costs, utilisation ...

† Department of Food Science, University of Arkansas, 2650 North Young Avenue, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72704, United States § Department of Chemical Engineering ...

Abstract: This paper concerns a class of deterministic impulse control problems, arising in inventory control. A notable feature of the problem formulation is the presence of an end-point constraint.

Climate Change Cluster, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, Sydney 2007, New South Wales, Australia ...