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Does the Pension System’s Income Statement Really Matter? A Proposal for An NDC Scheme with Disability and Minimum Pension Benefits
2019
This paper develops a full accounting model for monitoring the solvency of a notional defined contribution (NDC) pension scheme with disability and minimum pension benefits. Using the annual report of the Swedish pension system as a benchmark (TSPS, 2019), we extend the “Swedish” actuarial balance developed by Perez-Salamero et al. (2017) by adding an income statement which fully explains the reasons behind the changes in the system’s solvency by type of benefit. In line with the reference model, assets and liabilities are measured at present value at each reporting date, and changes in present value are reported in each period as income or expenses and are included on the income statement.…
DECENTRALISATION AS AN INCENTIVE SCHEME
1987
Recent changes have introduced more decentralization in a number of traditionally centralized countries.1 In the case of France, it is sometimes claimed that the 1982-1983 reform of subcentral government is of historical importance. Although the principles of that reform are not contested any more by the new majority elected in 1986, opinions still differ on a number of policy issues. Some of the issues are presented in this introductory section. But the main purpose of this paper is not to expose or discuss in detail the problems of decentralization in France. As argued in the second part of the introductory section, the theoretical framework in which the policy issues of decentralization …
Robust Estimation for Discrete Markov System with Time-Varying Delay and Missing Measurements
2013
This paper addresses theℋ∞filtering problem for time-delayed Markov jump systems (MJSs) with intermittent measurements. Within network environment, missing measurements are taken into account, since the communication channel is supposed to be imperfect. A Bernoulli process is utilized to describe the phenomenon of the missing measurements. The original system is transformed into an input-output form consisting of two interconnected subsystems. Based on scaled small gain (SSG) theorem and proposed Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional (LKF), the scaled small gains of the subsystems are analyzed, respectively. New conditions for the existence of theℋ∞filters are established, and the correspondingℋ∞f…
Use of balanced detection in single-pixel imaging
2016
We introduce balanced detection in combination with simultaneous complementary illumination in a single-pixel architecture. With this novel detection scheme we are able to recover a real-time video stream in presence of ambient light.
Robust fault tolerant tracking controller design for vehicle dynamics: A descriptor approach
2015
Abstract In this paper, an active Fault Tolerant Tracking Controller (FTTC) scheme dedicated to vehicle dynamics system is proposed. To address the challenging problem, an uncertain dynamic model of the vehicle is firstly developed, by considering the lateral forces nonlinearities as a Takagi–Sugeno (TS) representation, the sideslip angle as unmeasurable premise variables and the road bank angle as an unknown input. Subsequently, the vehicle dynamic states with the sensor faults are jointly estimated by a descriptor observer on the basis of the roll rate and the steering angle measures. Then a fault tolerant tracking controller is synthesized and solutions are proposed in terms of Linear Ma…
A modified observer-based prediction approach for industrial applications
2013
The prediction of key variables has great significance to monitor the running status of industrial systems. In this paper, a novel data-driven design of variable predictor is proposed. The basic idea is the realization of prediction observer, which is modified from the observer-based fault diagnose method. Different from the standard data-driven approaches, the proposed scheme is adopted for the dynamic systems due to the superior tracking ability of output observer. Additionally, by introducing an extra design freedom and the estimation of measured value, it can also be used for the case that the key variable is not on-line measurable. Finally, the proposed prediction scheme is applied to …
Intelligent Traction Control for Wheeled Space Vehicles
2006
This paper presents the SC-MER, safety control for Mars exploration rover, an innovative traction control scheme for wheeled mobile vehicles. The system is thought to be used on space mission rovers and is based on fuzzy logic and competitive neural networks to achieve optimal navigation on rough terrain with variable morphology. The main goal of this research is to minimize the power consumption needed during the navigation and improve the overall stability and safety of the rover itself
An analytical model of a new packet marking algorithm for TCP flows: Preliminary insights
2004
In differentiated services networks, packet marking schemes can be devised to differentiate packets belonging to a same TCP flow, with the goal of improving the experienced performance. This paper presents an analytical model for an adaptive packet marking scheme proposed in our previous work. The model combines three specific sub-models aimed at describing i) the TCP sources aggregate ii) the marker, and iii) the network status. Some preliminary simulative results seem to validate the model.
Determinants of net interest margin: the effect of capital requirements and deposit insurance scheme
2019
This paper analyzes the determinants of net interest margin with a focus on the impact of capital regulation and deposit insurance. We extend the Ho and Saunders (1981) family of models to explicit...
5G Functional Architecture and Signaling Enhancements to Support Path Management for eV2X
2019
Enhanced vehicle-to-everything (eV2X) communication is one of the most challenging use cases that the fifth generation (5G) of cellular mobile communications must address. In particular, eV2X includes some 5G vehicular applications targeting fully autonomous driving which require ultra-high reliability. The usual approach to providing vehicular communication based on single-connectivity transmission, for instance, through the direct link between vehicles (PC5 interface), often fails at guaranteeing the required reliability. To solve such a problem, in this paper, we consider a scheme where the radio path followed by eV2X messages can be proactively and dynamically configured to either trans…