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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 avhandlingar innehållade orden unequal allocation.
1. Optimal adaptive designs and adaptive randomization techniques for clinical trials
Sammanfattning : In this Ph.D. thesis, we investigate how to optimize the design of clinical trials by constructing optimal adaptive designs, and how to implement the design by adaptive randomization. LÄS MER
2. Distributive Preferences in Social Dilemmas
Sammanfattning : In research on social dilemmas and in game theoretic research, it was for a long time assumed that the rational decision is to choose an option with the most beneficial economic outcome to oneself. Yet, in group situations, individuals’ decisions have been shown to be influenced by non-economic motives. LÄS MER
3. Interpretation of diagnostic information given patient characteristics
Sammanfattning : The aim with this thesis was to describe, exemplify and develop theory for reference values and diagnostic tests, especially focusing on the variability between individuals. To facilitate interpretation of medical information it is common to establish some kind of limit. There are several different rationales for the choice of such a limit. LÄS MER
4. Analysis and Design of Spatially-Coupled Codes with Application to Fiber-Optical Communications
Sammanfattning : The theme of this thesis is the analysis and design of error-correcting codes that are suitable for high-speed fiber-optical communication systems. In particular, we consider two code classes. The codes in the first class are protograph-based low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes which are decoded using iterative soft-decision decoding. LÄS MER
5. Essays on Macroeconomics, Monetary Policy and Mobility
Sammanfattning : The Cyclicality of Earnings Growth Along the Distribution - Causes and ConsequencesEarnings growth is more procyclical at the bottom of the income distribution than at the top. Using high-quality administrative data from Germany, I show that the heterogeneity is chiefly driven by transitions between employment and non-employment, specifically job-finding. LÄS MER