This paper shows that the Expectation-Maximization (EM) algorithm for regime-switching dynamic factor models provides satisfactory performance relative to other estimation methods and delivers a good ...

Imagine you're cooking a new recipe. You have the ingredients, the instructions and the tools. Yet, as you cook, you run into problems: some ingredients need more prep time, the oven heats unevenly ...

UK – The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has led the development of a new method for estimating the number of excess deaths across the UK. The new method uses age-specific mortality rates to ...

In IP based SoC design era, it is highly desirable to have near-accurate gate count (area) estimates upfront during micro-architecture phase of IP development. This gate count estimate will enable SoC ...

The terms Agile and estimations don't align perfectly. Agile is all about responding to change rather than following a plan, while accurate estimations require a fixed plan that doesn't change. It's a ...

This report presents estimates of the number of unauthorized immigrants in the United States as of July 2023 and for previous years back to 1990. These estimates supersede all previously published Pew ...