Sentences with phrase «non-maximizing decision rules»

He called it «The 10 Decision Rule.»

That's important, because a recent appeals court decision ruled that the FTC could not regulate such companies» non-utility services, either.

It seems to me if the Fed continues to give its first priority to price stability, manifested in decisions to raise rates under questionable decision rules that elevate inflation - fighting over full employment, it will be pursuing policy objectives at odds with the wishes of the American people.

Say you adopt Guyton and Klinger's Decision Rules, but find that, for example, not increasing your drawdown by inflation because the portfolio value has decreased creates an issue with sums available, then an annuity steps in.

Likewise, the decision ruled that the private right of action created by the Best Interest Contract Exemption is «unlawful.»

Indeed, many clients have distinct core income portfolios that follow empirically based dynamic distribution policies, as well as distinct discretionary portfolios where they make all the decision rules.

«Decision Rules and Portfolio Management for Retirees: Is the «Safe» Initial Withdrawal Rate Too Safe?»

Specifically a 2010 decision ruling that corporations and unions have the right to unlimited political spending in support or opposition of candidates in elections.

This comes after several court decisions ruling in favor of the New York State Teachers» Retirement System have kept those names out of the public eye.

ALBANY, NY (12/05/2014)(readMedia)-- The president of the New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF), Susan M. Kent, said she applauds the decision ruled by the Albany Supreme Court to place 250 management - confidential (M / C) employees into the PS&T bargaining unit.

«We have demonstrated the reliability and accuracy of the expert panel approach, and suggest this method provides a suitable set of criteria for the future evaluation of clinical decision rules for identifying child abuse,» Lorenz said.

«Decision rules for identifying injuries from abuse are valuable for settings such as pediatric emergency departments — in these cases, reliability and accuracy of human judgement is needed since victims of child abuse are at high risk of future abuse and death,» Lorenz said.

Such a decision rule may sound overly simplistic but various studies have supported its use and effectiveness.

Simple decision rules underlie collaborative hunting in yellow saddle goatfish.

«We need to give physicians better tools to support their decision - making, and that can include clinical decision rules and point of care tests like CRP,» Ebell said.

To curb unnecessary antibiotic prescribing, physician and University of Georgia researcher Mark Ebell developed a clinical decision rule for diagnosing sinus infections, or acute rhinosinusitis.

To develop a clinical decision rule for acute bacterial rhinosinusitis, Ebell needed to determine which combination of symptoms and tests best predicted the presence of bacteria and compare the statistical predictor to a reference standard, which is used to confirm its accuracy.

«Laboratory experiments with human subjects can provide empirical validation of individual decision rules of agents, their interactions and emergent macro behavior», says Cars Hommes, who leads a group of behavioral economists at the University of Amsterdam.

Using a combination of mathematical modeling, simulations, and field - and laboratory - based experimentation; his current research focuses on sex allocation, the evolution of behavioural decision rules, and the emergence of sociality.

The limitations of inferring decision rule use from individuals» sampling behaviour; a computational test of old and new algorithms.

Bart J. Kensinger & Barney Luttbeg — 2014 (2)([email protected]) Keywords: decision rules, mate choice, foraging

Catch limits in each fishery are agreed using decision rules that ensure the long - term sustainability of the fishery.

This dissertation examines science blogging practices, including motivations, routines and content decision rules, across a wide range of science bloggers.

However, to be democratic, it would be necessary, however, that the governance of these systems count on the active participation of the population and civil society organizations in formulating goals (performance standard) to be pursued, as well as in policy or decision rules seeking to correct deviations between what was planned and carried out.

Hold discussions on decision rules, fidelity of implementation, and documentation procedures

In 1954, the Supreme Court in its landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision ruled that separate school facilities based on race are inherently unequal and thus in violation of the 14th Amendment which states, in part: «No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.»

The process for data - based decision making requires that decisions about participation in intervention levels is data - driven, involves teams, and is operationalized with clear decision rules.

The suggested rating criteria and decision rules may be changed in the future as the model teacher evaluation system continues to be implemented in Virginia.

Brief # 3: Common Progress Monitoring Graph Omissions: Making Instructional Decisions (PDF): Brief # 3 also addresses two forms of instructional decisions and offers suggestions for establishing decision rules for progress evaluation.

A Washington state Supreme Court decision ruled state funding for Washington's charter schools unconstitutional earlier this month.

The quality and fidelity of Tier 1 and Tier 2 supports, the use of valid and reliable progress monitoring measures, and the implementation of data - based decision rules and data meeting structures essential to MTSS set the foundation for successful implementation of intensive intervention through DBI.

For example, although decision rules had been established in order to help an observer distinguish between similar codes, one observer may have coded a teacher's reference to the main idea of a story as a comprehension skill, while another observer might have coded a very similar exchange as a higher - level question about the story.

However, there are other approaches that states can use to combine school performance results into a summative rating, including matrices and decision rules.

Milwaukee Public Schools is using the following decision rules for Stage 1 screening of a student's Tier 2 eligibility:

Decision rules systems do not normalize or mathematically combine indicators, an attribute that may improve transparency and make it easier for parents to understand how a school is performing on each indicator.

Or, states could assign a letter grade to each indicator and use decision rules to determine how a combination of letter grades identifies the lowest - performing schools.

Table 2 below illustrates a simple decision rules system using this approach.

Decision rules models classify schools based on state - determined thresholds of performance for multiple indicators.

This is because decision rules designs can require a lengthy series of questions to derive the final classification, since a school's classification does not follow a narrow or straight path.

A systematic review and summarization of the recommendations and research surrounding Curriculum - Based Measurement of oral reading fluency (CBM - R) decision rules.

Visual analysis versus decision rules.

Financial planner Jonathan Guyton and software developer William Klinger proposed a somewhat similar, although far more complicated, system in a research study titled Decision Rules and Maximum Initial Withdrawal Rates.

Among these are diversification among many securities, our loss - cutting decision rules, and the fact that we do not add to positions until they are showing us a good profit.

By incorporating systematic decision rules, you may be better able to maintain your desired living standard.

When it comes to making investment decisions the rule seems to be to postpone it to another day.

>> REBALANCING RULES Turns out rebalancing works as well as more complicated «bucket» and «decision rules» strategies when drawing money from a portfolio during retirement, according to a recent article by financial planner and Nerds Eye View blogger Michael Kitces.

Juicy Excerpt # 1: I will take steps in my final paper to test a wide variety of assumptions about asset allocation, valuation - based decision rules, whether the period is 10, 20, 30, or 40 years, lump - sum vs. dollar - cost averaging, and so on, and to show that the results are quite robust to changes in any of these assumptions.

Decision Rules And Maximum Initial Withdrawal Rates In this paper financial planner Jonathan Guyton and software developer William Klinger show how one may be able sto start with a higher withdrawal rate by following a detailed set of rules for adjusting withdrawals later on.

Juicy Excerpt # 1: I will take steps in my final paper to test a wide variety of assumptions about asset allocation, valuation - based decision rules, whether the period is 10, 20, 30, or 40 years, lump - sum vs. dollar - cost averaging, and so on, and to show that the results are quite robust...

Obviously, a decision rule that focuses on lower fees will strongly favor passively managed index funds over actively managed funds.