An R Implementation of the Polya-Aeppli Distribution

An efficient implementation of the Polya-Aeppli, or geometirc compound Poisson, distribution in the statistical programming language R is presented. The implementation is available as the package polyaAeppli and consists of functions for the mass function, cumulative distribution function, quantile function and random variate generation with those parameters conventionally provided for standard univatiate probability distributions in the stats package in RComment: 9 pages, 2 figure

Neutrino Experiments and the LHC: Friends Across 14 Orders of Magnitude

This proceeding explores some of the questions that connect the LHC and neutrino experiments: What is the origin of mass? What is the meaning of flavor? Is there direct evidence of new forces or particles? The neutrino program investigating these questions is large and diverse. The strategy here, to narrow the discussion, is to focus on relatively new ideas for experiments that may be less known within the LHC community.Comment: Prepared for the proceedings of the LHC Nobel Symposium, held May 13-17, 201

RENEWABLE ENERGY AND GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION

The paper develops an exhaustible resource model with cumulative pollution and a backstop technology that exhibits increasing marginal costs of production. The model explores conditions under which it is optimal to have a protracted transition period where both an exhaustible and renewable resource are used simultaneously.Environmental Economics and Policy, Resource /Energy Economics and Policy,

CONTRACT STRUCTURE, LEARNING-BY-DOING AND THE VIABILITY OF NEW AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRIES

The paper examines contracts in new agricultural industries that exhibit learning-by-doing. A dynamic model analyzes a contract's effect on production decisions, as well as investments in processing capacity and learning. The results of the model are applied qualitatively to the biomass electricity industry.Agribusiness,