Jorge L. Romeu
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Biography
Syracuse University - Mathematics
Fulbright Senior Speaker Specialist
Jorge Luis
Romeu
Syracuse, New York
Romeu is an Academic, a Researcher, a Consultant and an International Educator, with 40 years of industrial statistics and operations research experience. Romeu works in industrial engineering problems, and in statistics-supported historical research. He is an Adjunct Professor of Quality and Industrial Statistics at SU, and a Senior Speaker Specialist for the Fulbright Roster Program. Romeu retired Emeritus from SUNY Cortland, after teaching math and statistics for fourteen years. He worked as Research Engineer with IIT Research Institute. He was a Research Specialist for SUNYIT Office of Sponsored Research and a Senior Advisor with Quanterion Solutions, which operates the Reliability Info. Center (RIAC), now part of DSIAC. An International Educator, Romeu created and directs the Juarez Lincoln Marti Project, He served as Fulbright Specialist in Mexico (1994, 2000 and 2003); Dominican Republic (twice in 2004), Ecuador (2006); and as Fundayacucho Consultant, in Venezuela (1998). Romeu has authored a statistics book, several book chapters, and over thirty statistics articles and web tutorials. Romeu is a Chartered Statistician Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society and of the American Statistical Association (ASA); a Senior Member of the American Society for Quality (ASQ), certified in Quality and Reliability and Past Director of Region II (Upstate NY and PA). He created the QR&CII Quality Web Page and the ASQ CNY Fall Conferences, since 2008. Romeu has published four books and over two hundred articles on Cuba, in American, Spanish and Latin American newspapers, and has produced and directed radio and TV programs.
Specialties: optimization model applications
Experimental design and Factor screening
Lean/Six Sigma and continuous improvement
Reliability and Quality modeling and data analysis
International Education program development/evaluation
Fully trilingual in Spanish, English and French.
Experience
Syracuse University
Research Professor of Statistics and O.R.
Romeu writes technical proposals for government agencies (NSF, NIST, NIH etc.), writes and presents technical papers to journals and conferences. He also teaches graduate industrial statistics and quality engineering courses for the Manufacturing Engineering Program of the Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department and participates as a member of examination committees for PhD students.
Quanterion Solutions Incorporated
Senior Science Advisor
Romeu has been associated with the Reliability Analysis Center (RAC), a DOD Information and Analysis Center for quality, reliability and continuous improvement, since 1982. The RAC is currently operated by Quanterion/QSI. It was previously operated by IIT Research Institute/IITRI, which in 2002 became Alion Sciences, and by QSI after 2004. Throughout his many years at RAC/RIAC, Romeu developed many web tutorials and technical reports, taught professional short courses, and consulted extensively on quality, reliability and industrial statistics problems.
Education
University of Havana
Licenciado
Matematicas y Estadistica
Syracuse University
Ph.D.
Industrial Engineering/Operations Research
Syracuse University
Research Professor of Statistics and O.R.
Romeu writes technical proposals for government agencies (NSF, NIST, NIH etc.), writes and presents technical papers to journals and conferences. He also teaches graduate industrial statistics and quality engineering courses for the Manufacturing Engineering Program of the Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department and participates as a member of examination committees for PhD students.
Publications
Estudio de la Percepción que, sobre las Masonerías Autóctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico, sustentan algunos Historiadores Espanoles
Revista LUMEN, GLSPR
The autochthonous Grand Lodges of Cuba and Puerto Rico, in the last third of the XIX Century, have many commonalities: both worked unsuccessfully toward obtaining an autonomic status from Spain, its colonial master. At the end, Cuba went to war with Spain to obtain its independence and the USA intervened, defeating the Spanish fleet in Santiago and Manila, and thence taking over the remnants of the Spanish empire. Several Spanish historians have studied these two Grand Lodges and present similar biased arguments, that portray them as separatist agents of the USA. The present paper develops a historical defense of these two Grand Lodges, and rectifies these biased accusations.
Estudio de la Percepción que, sobre las Masonerías Autóctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico, sustentan algunos Historiadores Espanoles
Revista LUMEN, GLSPR
The autochthonous Grand Lodges of Cuba and Puerto Rico, in the last third of the XIX Century, have many commonalities: both worked unsuccessfully toward obtaining an autonomic status from Spain, its colonial master. At the end, Cuba went to war with Spain to obtain its independence and the USA intervened, defeating the Spanish fleet in Santiago and Manila, and thence taking over the remnants of the Spanish empire. Several Spanish historians have studied these two Grand Lodges and present similar biased arguments, that portray them as separatist agents of the USA. The present paper develops a historical defense of these two Grand Lodges, and rectifies these biased accusations.
On Political Intolerance and Cuba’s Future: A Spanish Caribbean Approach
Caribbean Studies/University of Puerto Rico
The study of the Civil Society (CS) has, in the last twenty years, become a hot topic. For, its large impact in events of world importance, such as the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, the fall of the Berlin Wall and, more recently, the Awakening of the Muslim countries of North Africa. Such events have been associated with the existence and activity of groups within the CS. And their absence in other countries has been associated with their lack of political change. All this suggests that SC is an important factor in such political evolution. The present paper reviews the literature on the Cuban CS to investigate: (1) how has it been studied and, (2) what is the current state of its health, its composition, and to estimate its capacity to interact within the Cuban society, which has recently started to change. Some researchers have approached the study of Cuban CS as one composed of political dissidents and religious groups, distorting the problem. For, there are other social groups, not necessarily religious or political, that have been ignored, or that have barely been considered, and whose contributions are of great importance to the CS. In our paper we undertake a brief review of the Cuban CS before the 1959 revolution, and of its replacement by a new one, stemming from such revolution. We then perform a critical analysis of several papers on the Cuban CS that have been grouped under three important themes. After such discussion, we derive some conclusions about the current state, as well as about the future of the Cuban CS.
Estudio de la Percepción que, sobre las Masonerías Autóctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico, sustentan algunos Historiadores Espanoles
Revista LUMEN, GLSPR
The autochthonous Grand Lodges of Cuba and Puerto Rico, in the last third of the XIX Century, have many commonalities: both worked unsuccessfully toward obtaining an autonomic status from Spain, its colonial master. At the end, Cuba went to war with Spain to obtain its independence and the USA intervened, defeating the Spanish fleet in Santiago and Manila, and thence taking over the remnants of the Spanish empire. Several Spanish historians have studied these two Grand Lodges and present similar biased arguments, that portray them as separatist agents of the USA. The present paper develops a historical defense of these two Grand Lodges, and rectifies these biased accusations.
On Political Intolerance and Cuba’s Future: A Spanish Caribbean Approach
Caribbean Studies/University of Puerto Rico
The study of the Civil Society (CS) has, in the last twenty years, become a hot topic. For, its large impact in events of world importance, such as the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, the fall of the Berlin Wall and, more recently, the Awakening of the Muslim countries of North Africa. Such events have been associated with the existence and activity of groups within the CS. And their absence in other countries has been associated with their lack of political change. All this suggests that SC is an important factor in such political evolution. The present paper reviews the literature on the Cuban CS to investigate: (1) how has it been studied and, (2) what is the current state of its health, its composition, and to estimate its capacity to interact within the Cuban society, which has recently started to change. Some researchers have approached the study of Cuban CS as one composed of political dissidents and religious groups, distorting the problem. For, there are other social groups, not necessarily religious or political, that have been ignored, or that have barely been considered, and whose contributions are of great importance to the CS. In our paper we undertake a brief review of the Cuban CS before the 1959 revolution, and of its replacement by a new one, stemming from such revolution. We then perform a critical analysis of several papers on the Cuban CS that have been grouped under three important themes. After such discussion, we derive some conclusions about the current state, as well as about the future of the Cuban CS.
The Grand Lodge of Cuba in the XX Century:a Historical and Statistical Examination
Ars Quatuor Coronatorum; Vol. 127, PP. 217--242
A Demographic study of the Grand Lodge of Cuba (GLC) and its singular relationship with the Cuban government of Fidel Castro, during the second half of the XX Century is examined in detail. Reasons for which the GLC was not dismantled or proscribed, as were the Grand Lodges under Hitler, Stalin, Franco or Mussolini, are examined. Conclusions regarding this singular situation are provided.
Estudio de la Percepción que, sobre las Masonerías Autóctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico, sustentan algunos Historiadores Espanoles
Revista LUMEN, GLSPR
The autochthonous Grand Lodges of Cuba and Puerto Rico, in the last third of the XIX Century, have many commonalities: both worked unsuccessfully toward obtaining an autonomic status from Spain, its colonial master. At the end, Cuba went to war with Spain to obtain its independence and the USA intervened, defeating the Spanish fleet in Santiago and Manila, and thence taking over the remnants of the Spanish empire. Several Spanish historians have studied these two Grand Lodges and present similar biased arguments, that portray them as separatist agents of the USA. The present paper develops a historical defense of these two Grand Lodges, and rectifies these biased accusations.
On Political Intolerance and Cuba’s Future: A Spanish Caribbean Approach
Caribbean Studies/University of Puerto Rico
The study of the Civil Society (CS) has, in the last twenty years, become a hot topic. For, its large impact in events of world importance, such as the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, the fall of the Berlin Wall and, more recently, the Awakening of the Muslim countries of North Africa. Such events have been associated with the existence and activity of groups within the CS. And their absence in other countries has been associated with their lack of political change. All this suggests that SC is an important factor in such political evolution. The present paper reviews the literature on the Cuban CS to investigate: (1) how has it been studied and, (2) what is the current state of its health, its composition, and to estimate its capacity to interact within the Cuban society, which has recently started to change. Some researchers have approached the study of Cuban CS as one composed of political dissidents and religious groups, distorting the problem. For, there are other social groups, not necessarily religious or political, that have been ignored, or that have barely been considered, and whose contributions are of great importance to the CS. In our paper we undertake a brief review of the Cuban CS before the 1959 revolution, and of its replacement by a new one, stemming from such revolution. We then perform a critical analysis of several papers on the Cuban CS that have been grouped under three important themes. After such discussion, we derive some conclusions about the current state, as well as about the future of the Cuban CS.
The Grand Lodge of Cuba in the XX Century:a Historical and Statistical Examination
Ars Quatuor Coronatorum; Vol. 127, PP. 217--242
A Demographic study of the Grand Lodge of Cuba (GLC) and its singular relationship with the Cuban government of Fidel Castro, during the second half of the XX Century is examined in detail. Reasons for which the GLC was not dismantled or proscribed, as were the Grand Lodges under Hitler, Stalin, Franco or Mussolini, are examined. Conclusions regarding this singular situation are provided.
Una Propuesta de Estudio Demográfico Piloto para la GLSPR
Revista LUMEN, GLSPR
A proposal for a demographic study of the membership of the Grand Lodge of Puerto Rico (GLSPR), on the lines that the author undertook in 2010 for the Grand Lodge of Cuba, is described in detail. Several examples of demographic analysis, from both Grand Lodges, are presented. A data collection form is advanced.
Estudio de la Percepción que, sobre las Masonerías Autóctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico, sustentan algunos Historiadores Espanoles
Revista LUMEN, GLSPR
The autochthonous Grand Lodges of Cuba and Puerto Rico, in the last third of the XIX Century, have many commonalities: both worked unsuccessfully toward obtaining an autonomic status from Spain, its colonial master. At the end, Cuba went to war with Spain to obtain its independence and the USA intervened, defeating the Spanish fleet in Santiago and Manila, and thence taking over the remnants of the Spanish empire. Several Spanish historians have studied these two Grand Lodges and present similar biased arguments, that portray them as separatist agents of the USA. The present paper develops a historical defense of these two Grand Lodges, and rectifies these biased accusations.
On Political Intolerance and Cuba’s Future: A Spanish Caribbean Approach
Caribbean Studies/University of Puerto Rico
The study of the Civil Society (CS) has, in the last twenty years, become a hot topic. For, its large impact in events of world importance, such as the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, the fall of the Berlin Wall and, more recently, the Awakening of the Muslim countries of North Africa. Such events have been associated with the existence and activity of groups within the CS. And their absence in other countries has been associated with their lack of political change. All this suggests that SC is an important factor in such political evolution. The present paper reviews the literature on the Cuban CS to investigate: (1) how has it been studied and, (2) what is the current state of its health, its composition, and to estimate its capacity to interact within the Cuban society, which has recently started to change. Some researchers have approached the study of Cuban CS as one composed of political dissidents and religious groups, distorting the problem. For, there are other social groups, not necessarily religious or political, that have been ignored, or that have barely been considered, and whose contributions are of great importance to the CS. In our paper we undertake a brief review of the Cuban CS before the 1959 revolution, and of its replacement by a new one, stemming from such revolution. We then perform a critical analysis of several papers on the Cuban CS that have been grouped under three important themes. After such discussion, we derive some conclusions about the current state, as well as about the future of the Cuban CS.
The Grand Lodge of Cuba in the XX Century:a Historical and Statistical Examination
Ars Quatuor Coronatorum; Vol. 127, PP. 217--242
A Demographic study of the Grand Lodge of Cuba (GLC) and its singular relationship with the Cuban government of Fidel Castro, during the second half of the XX Century is examined in detail. Reasons for which the GLC was not dismantled or proscribed, as were the Grand Lodges under Hitler, Stalin, Franco or Mussolini, are examined. Conclusions regarding this singular situation are provided.
Una Propuesta de Estudio Demográfico Piloto para la GLSPR
Revista LUMEN, GLSPR
A proposal for a demographic study of the membership of the Grand Lodge of Puerto Rico (GLSPR), on the lines that the author undertook in 2010 for the Grand Lodge of Cuba, is described in detail. Several examples of demographic analysis, from both Grand Lodges, are presented. A data collection form is advanced.
On the Statistical Education of American Engineers
RIAC Journal; http://www.theriac.org/DeskReference/viewDocument.php?id=370
The shortcomings of statistical education of engineers and ways of dealing with this issue, before, during and after college is treated. A new Academe-government-industry organization is proposed, to coordinate and direct these efforts.
Estudio de la Percepción que, sobre las Masonerías Autóctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico, sustentan algunos Historiadores Espanoles
Revista LUMEN, GLSPR
The autochthonous Grand Lodges of Cuba and Puerto Rico, in the last third of the XIX Century, have many commonalities: both worked unsuccessfully toward obtaining an autonomic status from Spain, its colonial master. At the end, Cuba went to war with Spain to obtain its independence and the USA intervened, defeating the Spanish fleet in Santiago and Manila, and thence taking over the remnants of the Spanish empire. Several Spanish historians have studied these two Grand Lodges and present similar biased arguments, that portray them as separatist agents of the USA. The present paper develops a historical defense of these two Grand Lodges, and rectifies these biased accusations.
On Political Intolerance and Cuba’s Future: A Spanish Caribbean Approach
Caribbean Studies/University of Puerto Rico
The study of the Civil Society (CS) has, in the last twenty years, become a hot topic. For, its large impact in events of world importance, such as the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, the fall of the Berlin Wall and, more recently, the Awakening of the Muslim countries of North Africa. Such events have been associated with the existence and activity of groups within the CS. And their absence in other countries has been associated with their lack of political change. All this suggests that SC is an important factor in such political evolution. The present paper reviews the literature on the Cuban CS to investigate: (1) how has it been studied and, (2) what is the current state of its health, its composition, and to estimate its capacity to interact within the Cuban society, which has recently started to change. Some researchers have approached the study of Cuban CS as one composed of political dissidents and religious groups, distorting the problem. For, there are other social groups, not necessarily religious or political, that have been ignored, or that have barely been considered, and whose contributions are of great importance to the CS. In our paper we undertake a brief review of the Cuban CS before the 1959 revolution, and of its replacement by a new one, stemming from such revolution. We then perform a critical analysis of several papers on the Cuban CS that have been grouped under three important themes. After such discussion, we derive some conclusions about the current state, as well as about the future of the Cuban CS.
The Grand Lodge of Cuba in the XX Century:a Historical and Statistical Examination
Ars Quatuor Coronatorum; Vol. 127, PP. 217--242
A Demographic study of the Grand Lodge of Cuba (GLC) and its singular relationship with the Cuban government of Fidel Castro, during the second half of the XX Century is examined in detail. Reasons for which the GLC was not dismantled or proscribed, as were the Grand Lodges under Hitler, Stalin, Franco or Mussolini, are examined. Conclusions regarding this singular situation are provided.
Una Propuesta de Estudio Demográfico Piloto para la GLSPR
Revista LUMEN, GLSPR
A proposal for a demographic study of the membership of the Grand Lodge of Puerto Rico (GLSPR), on the lines that the author undertook in 2010 for the Grand Lodge of Cuba, is described in detail. Several examples of demographic analysis, from both Grand Lodges, are presented. A data collection form is advanced.
On the Statistical Education of American Engineers
RIAC Journal; http://www.theriac.org/DeskReference/viewDocument.php?id=370
The shortcomings of statistical education of engineers and ways of dealing with this issue, before, during and after college is treated. A new Academe-government-industry organization is proposed, to coordinate and direct these efforts.
Estudio Demografico del Nuevo Auge de la Gran Logia de Cuba: Periodo de 1980 al 2010.
Actas del Congreso del CEHME/Gibraltar
El articulo estudia como se ha desarrollado la Gran Logia de Cuba (GLC) durante la segunda mitad del Siglo XX, periodo que incluye los gobiernos constitucionales de Grau y Prio, la dictadura de Batista, y la revolucion de 1959. Durante estos periodos la membresia de la GLC ha sufrido grandes variaciones. Se estudian sus causas y se ajusta n modelo estadistico que describe estas variaciones basado en varias componentes y factores sociales.
Estudio de la Percepción que, sobre las Masonerías Autóctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico, sustentan algunos Historiadores Espanoles
Revista LUMEN, GLSPR
The autochthonous Grand Lodges of Cuba and Puerto Rico, in the last third of the XIX Century, have many commonalities: both worked unsuccessfully toward obtaining an autonomic status from Spain, its colonial master. At the end, Cuba went to war with Spain to obtain its independence and the USA intervened, defeating the Spanish fleet in Santiago and Manila, and thence taking over the remnants of the Spanish empire. Several Spanish historians have studied these two Grand Lodges and present similar biased arguments, that portray them as separatist agents of the USA. The present paper develops a historical defense of these two Grand Lodges, and rectifies these biased accusations.
On Political Intolerance and Cuba’s Future: A Spanish Caribbean Approach
Caribbean Studies/University of Puerto Rico
The study of the Civil Society (CS) has, in the last twenty years, become a hot topic. For, its large impact in events of world importance, such as the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, the fall of the Berlin Wall and, more recently, the Awakening of the Muslim countries of North Africa. Such events have been associated with the existence and activity of groups within the CS. And their absence in other countries has been associated with their lack of political change. All this suggests that SC is an important factor in such political evolution. The present paper reviews the literature on the Cuban CS to investigate: (1) how has it been studied and, (2) what is the current state of its health, its composition, and to estimate its capacity to interact within the Cuban society, which has recently started to change. Some researchers have approached the study of Cuban CS as one composed of political dissidents and religious groups, distorting the problem. For, there are other social groups, not necessarily religious or political, that have been ignored, or that have barely been considered, and whose contributions are of great importance to the CS. In our paper we undertake a brief review of the Cuban CS before the 1959 revolution, and of its replacement by a new one, stemming from such revolution. We then perform a critical analysis of several papers on the Cuban CS that have been grouped under three important themes. After such discussion, we derive some conclusions about the current state, as well as about the future of the Cuban CS.
The Grand Lodge of Cuba in the XX Century:a Historical and Statistical Examination
Ars Quatuor Coronatorum; Vol. 127, PP. 217--242
A Demographic study of the Grand Lodge of Cuba (GLC) and its singular relationship with the Cuban government of Fidel Castro, during the second half of the XX Century is examined in detail. Reasons for which the GLC was not dismantled or proscribed, as were the Grand Lodges under Hitler, Stalin, Franco or Mussolini, are examined. Conclusions regarding this singular situation are provided.
Una Propuesta de Estudio Demográfico Piloto para la GLSPR
Revista LUMEN, GLSPR
A proposal for a demographic study of the membership of the Grand Lodge of Puerto Rico (GLSPR), on the lines that the author undertook in 2010 for the Grand Lodge of Cuba, is described in detail. Several examples of demographic analysis, from both Grand Lodges, are presented. A data collection form is advanced.
On the Statistical Education of American Engineers
RIAC Journal; http://www.theriac.org/DeskReference/viewDocument.php?id=370
The shortcomings of statistical education of engineers and ways of dealing with this issue, before, during and after college is treated. A new Academe-government-industry organization is proposed, to coordinate and direct these efforts.
Estudio Demografico del Nuevo Auge de la Gran Logia de Cuba: Periodo de 1980 al 2010.
Actas del Congreso del CEHME/Gibraltar
El articulo estudia como se ha desarrollado la Gran Logia de Cuba (GLC) durante la segunda mitad del Siglo XX, periodo que incluye los gobiernos constitucionales de Grau y Prio, la dictadura de Batista, y la revolucion de 1959. Durante estos periodos la membresia de la GLC ha sufrido grandes variaciones. Se estudian sus causas y se ajusta n modelo estadistico que describe estas variaciones basado en varias componentes y factores sociales.
Estudio Comparativo de las Masonerias Autoctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico
Centro de Estudios Historicos de la Masoneria Espanola (CEHME), Gijon, Espana.
Las masonerías de Cuba y Puerto Rico han sido estudiadas separadamente, tanto por historiadores académicos como masones. Unas veces, como eje central del trabajo, y otras como parte de un estudio sobre obediencias españolas, allí radicadas. El presente trabajo compara las masonerías autóctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico directamente, estableciendo confluencias con la masonería Dominicana. Nuestro trabajo no pretende reproducir la exhaustiva labor ya realizada, sino comparar sus resultados, resaltando las comunidades, y examinando ciertas inconsistencias y contradicciones encontradas, tanto en algunos autores, como entre varios de ellos.
Estudio de la Percepción que, sobre las Masonerías Autóctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico, sustentan algunos Historiadores Espanoles
Revista LUMEN, GLSPR
The autochthonous Grand Lodges of Cuba and Puerto Rico, in the last third of the XIX Century, have many commonalities: both worked unsuccessfully toward obtaining an autonomic status from Spain, its colonial master. At the end, Cuba went to war with Spain to obtain its independence and the USA intervened, defeating the Spanish fleet in Santiago and Manila, and thence taking over the remnants of the Spanish empire. Several Spanish historians have studied these two Grand Lodges and present similar biased arguments, that portray them as separatist agents of the USA. The present paper develops a historical defense of these two Grand Lodges, and rectifies these biased accusations.
On Political Intolerance and Cuba’s Future: A Spanish Caribbean Approach
Caribbean Studies/University of Puerto Rico
The study of the Civil Society (CS) has, in the last twenty years, become a hot topic. For, its large impact in events of world importance, such as the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, the fall of the Berlin Wall and, more recently, the Awakening of the Muslim countries of North Africa. Such events have been associated with the existence and activity of groups within the CS. And their absence in other countries has been associated with their lack of political change. All this suggests that SC is an important factor in such political evolution. The present paper reviews the literature on the Cuban CS to investigate: (1) how has it been studied and, (2) what is the current state of its health, its composition, and to estimate its capacity to interact within the Cuban society, which has recently started to change. Some researchers have approached the study of Cuban CS as one composed of political dissidents and religious groups, distorting the problem. For, there are other social groups, not necessarily religious or political, that have been ignored, or that have barely been considered, and whose contributions are of great importance to the CS. In our paper we undertake a brief review of the Cuban CS before the 1959 revolution, and of its replacement by a new one, stemming from such revolution. We then perform a critical analysis of several papers on the Cuban CS that have been grouped under three important themes. After such discussion, we derive some conclusions about the current state, as well as about the future of the Cuban CS.
The Grand Lodge of Cuba in the XX Century:a Historical and Statistical Examination
Ars Quatuor Coronatorum; Vol. 127, PP. 217--242
A Demographic study of the Grand Lodge of Cuba (GLC) and its singular relationship with the Cuban government of Fidel Castro, during the second half of the XX Century is examined in detail. Reasons for which the GLC was not dismantled or proscribed, as were the Grand Lodges under Hitler, Stalin, Franco or Mussolini, are examined. Conclusions regarding this singular situation are provided.
Una Propuesta de Estudio Demográfico Piloto para la GLSPR
Revista LUMEN, GLSPR
A proposal for a demographic study of the membership of the Grand Lodge of Puerto Rico (GLSPR), on the lines that the author undertook in 2010 for the Grand Lodge of Cuba, is described in detail. Several examples of demographic analysis, from both Grand Lodges, are presented. A data collection form is advanced.
On the Statistical Education of American Engineers
RIAC Journal; http://www.theriac.org/DeskReference/viewDocument.php?id=370
The shortcomings of statistical education of engineers and ways of dealing with this issue, before, during and after college is treated. A new Academe-government-industry organization is proposed, to coordinate and direct these efforts.
Estudio Demografico del Nuevo Auge de la Gran Logia de Cuba: Periodo de 1980 al 2010.
Actas del Congreso del CEHME/Gibraltar
El articulo estudia como se ha desarrollado la Gran Logia de Cuba (GLC) durante la segunda mitad del Siglo XX, periodo que incluye los gobiernos constitucionales de Grau y Prio, la dictadura de Batista, y la revolucion de 1959. Durante estos periodos la membresia de la GLC ha sufrido grandes variaciones. Se estudian sus causas y se ajusta n modelo estadistico que describe estas variaciones basado en varias componentes y factores sociales.
Estudio Comparativo de las Masonerias Autoctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico
Centro de Estudios Historicos de la Masoneria Espanola (CEHME), Gijon, Espana.
Las masonerías de Cuba y Puerto Rico han sido estudiadas separadamente, tanto por historiadores académicos como masones. Unas veces, como eje central del trabajo, y otras como parte de un estudio sobre obediencias españolas, allí radicadas. El presente trabajo compara las masonerías autóctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico directamente, estableciendo confluencias con la masonería Dominicana. Nuestro trabajo no pretende reproducir la exhaustiva labor ya realizada, sino comparar sus resultados, resaltando las comunidades, y examinando ciertas inconsistencias y contradicciones encontradas, tanto en algunos autores, como entre varios de ellos.
Simulation of Hail Storms Using Simultaneous Efficient Random Number Generators
Handbook of Fitting Statistical Distributions with R (Eds. Z. Karian and E. Dudewicz)
Using simulation methods and Simultaneous Efficient Random Number Generators, a case study in Argentinian Hail Storms is fitted and analyzed. Simulation approximates well the real results.
Estudio de la Percepción que, sobre las Masonerías Autóctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico, sustentan algunos Historiadores Espanoles
Revista LUMEN, GLSPR
The autochthonous Grand Lodges of Cuba and Puerto Rico, in the last third of the XIX Century, have many commonalities: both worked unsuccessfully toward obtaining an autonomic status from Spain, its colonial master. At the end, Cuba went to war with Spain to obtain its independence and the USA intervened, defeating the Spanish fleet in Santiago and Manila, and thence taking over the remnants of the Spanish empire. Several Spanish historians have studied these two Grand Lodges and present similar biased arguments, that portray them as separatist agents of the USA. The present paper develops a historical defense of these two Grand Lodges, and rectifies these biased accusations.
On Political Intolerance and Cuba’s Future: A Spanish Caribbean Approach
Caribbean Studies/University of Puerto Rico
The study of the Civil Society (CS) has, in the last twenty years, become a hot topic. For, its large impact in events of world importance, such as the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, the fall of the Berlin Wall and, more recently, the Awakening of the Muslim countries of North Africa. Such events have been associated with the existence and activity of groups within the CS. And their absence in other countries has been associated with their lack of political change. All this suggests that SC is an important factor in such political evolution. The present paper reviews the literature on the Cuban CS to investigate: (1) how has it been studied and, (2) what is the current state of its health, its composition, and to estimate its capacity to interact within the Cuban society, which has recently started to change. Some researchers have approached the study of Cuban CS as one composed of political dissidents and religious groups, distorting the problem. For, there are other social groups, not necessarily religious or political, that have been ignored, or that have barely been considered, and whose contributions are of great importance to the CS. In our paper we undertake a brief review of the Cuban CS before the 1959 revolution, and of its replacement by a new one, stemming from such revolution. We then perform a critical analysis of several papers on the Cuban CS that have been grouped under three important themes. After such discussion, we derive some conclusions about the current state, as well as about the future of the Cuban CS.
The Grand Lodge of Cuba in the XX Century:a Historical and Statistical Examination
Ars Quatuor Coronatorum; Vol. 127, PP. 217--242
A Demographic study of the Grand Lodge of Cuba (GLC) and its singular relationship with the Cuban government of Fidel Castro, during the second half of the XX Century is examined in detail. Reasons for which the GLC was not dismantled or proscribed, as were the Grand Lodges under Hitler, Stalin, Franco or Mussolini, are examined. Conclusions regarding this singular situation are provided.
Una Propuesta de Estudio Demográfico Piloto para la GLSPR
Revista LUMEN, GLSPR
A proposal for a demographic study of the membership of the Grand Lodge of Puerto Rico (GLSPR), on the lines that the author undertook in 2010 for the Grand Lodge of Cuba, is described in detail. Several examples of demographic analysis, from both Grand Lodges, are presented. A data collection form is advanced.
On the Statistical Education of American Engineers
RIAC Journal; http://www.theriac.org/DeskReference/viewDocument.php?id=370
The shortcomings of statistical education of engineers and ways of dealing with this issue, before, during and after college is treated. A new Academe-government-industry organization is proposed, to coordinate and direct these efforts.
Estudio Demografico del Nuevo Auge de la Gran Logia de Cuba: Periodo de 1980 al 2010.
Actas del Congreso del CEHME/Gibraltar
El articulo estudia como se ha desarrollado la Gran Logia de Cuba (GLC) durante la segunda mitad del Siglo XX, periodo que incluye los gobiernos constitucionales de Grau y Prio, la dictadura de Batista, y la revolucion de 1959. Durante estos periodos la membresia de la GLC ha sufrido grandes variaciones. Se estudian sus causas y se ajusta n modelo estadistico que describe estas variaciones basado en varias componentes y factores sociales.
Estudio Comparativo de las Masonerias Autoctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico
Centro de Estudios Historicos de la Masoneria Espanola (CEHME), Gijon, Espana.
Las masonerías de Cuba y Puerto Rico han sido estudiadas separadamente, tanto por historiadores académicos como masones. Unas veces, como eje central del trabajo, y otras como parte de un estudio sobre obediencias españolas, allí radicadas. El presente trabajo compara las masonerías autóctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico directamente, estableciendo confluencias con la masonería Dominicana. Nuestro trabajo no pretende reproducir la exhaustiva labor ya realizada, sino comparar sus resultados, resaltando las comunidades, y examinando ciertas inconsistencias y contradicciones encontradas, tanto en algunos autores, como entre varios de ellos.
Simulation of Hail Storms Using Simultaneous Efficient Random Number Generators
Handbook of Fitting Statistical Distributions with R (Eds. Z. Karian and E. Dudewicz)
Using simulation methods and Simultaneous Efficient Random Number Generators, a case study in Argentinian Hail Storms is fitted and analyzed. Simulation approximates well the real results.
On how Some European Historians Assess Autochthonous Freemasonry of the Spanish Antilles, during the Second Half of the XIX Century
Ars Quatuour Coronatorum (AQC)
We present a historical analysis of the development of Autochthonous Freemasonry in Spanish Greater Antilles (Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic) during the second half of the XIX Century, and compare it to the perception provided by several Spanish and French academic historians. In the process we point out significant omissions and miss-interpretations made by such European authors, correcting them as necessary, and we develop a statistical model to support our main findings
Estudio de la Percepción que, sobre las Masonerías Autóctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico, sustentan algunos Historiadores Espanoles
Revista LUMEN, GLSPR
The autochthonous Grand Lodges of Cuba and Puerto Rico, in the last third of the XIX Century, have many commonalities: both worked unsuccessfully toward obtaining an autonomic status from Spain, its colonial master. At the end, Cuba went to war with Spain to obtain its independence and the USA intervened, defeating the Spanish fleet in Santiago and Manila, and thence taking over the remnants of the Spanish empire. Several Spanish historians have studied these two Grand Lodges and present similar biased arguments, that portray them as separatist agents of the USA. The present paper develops a historical defense of these two Grand Lodges, and rectifies these biased accusations.
On Political Intolerance and Cuba’s Future: A Spanish Caribbean Approach
Caribbean Studies/University of Puerto Rico
The study of the Civil Society (CS) has, in the last twenty years, become a hot topic. For, its large impact in events of world importance, such as the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, the fall of the Berlin Wall and, more recently, the Awakening of the Muslim countries of North Africa. Such events have been associated with the existence and activity of groups within the CS. And their absence in other countries has been associated with their lack of political change. All this suggests that SC is an important factor in such political evolution. The present paper reviews the literature on the Cuban CS to investigate: (1) how has it been studied and, (2) what is the current state of its health, its composition, and to estimate its capacity to interact within the Cuban society, which has recently started to change. Some researchers have approached the study of Cuban CS as one composed of political dissidents and religious groups, distorting the problem. For, there are other social groups, not necessarily religious or political, that have been ignored, or that have barely been considered, and whose contributions are of great importance to the CS. In our paper we undertake a brief review of the Cuban CS before the 1959 revolution, and of its replacement by a new one, stemming from such revolution. We then perform a critical analysis of several papers on the Cuban CS that have been grouped under three important themes. After such discussion, we derive some conclusions about the current state, as well as about the future of the Cuban CS.
The Grand Lodge of Cuba in the XX Century:a Historical and Statistical Examination
Ars Quatuor Coronatorum; Vol. 127, PP. 217--242
A Demographic study of the Grand Lodge of Cuba (GLC) and its singular relationship with the Cuban government of Fidel Castro, during the second half of the XX Century is examined in detail. Reasons for which the GLC was not dismantled or proscribed, as were the Grand Lodges under Hitler, Stalin, Franco or Mussolini, are examined. Conclusions regarding this singular situation are provided.
Una Propuesta de Estudio Demográfico Piloto para la GLSPR
Revista LUMEN, GLSPR
A proposal for a demographic study of the membership of the Grand Lodge of Puerto Rico (GLSPR), on the lines that the author undertook in 2010 for the Grand Lodge of Cuba, is described in detail. Several examples of demographic analysis, from both Grand Lodges, are presented. A data collection form is advanced.
On the Statistical Education of American Engineers
RIAC Journal; http://www.theriac.org/DeskReference/viewDocument.php?id=370
The shortcomings of statistical education of engineers and ways of dealing with this issue, before, during and after college is treated. A new Academe-government-industry organization is proposed, to coordinate and direct these efforts.
Estudio Demografico del Nuevo Auge de la Gran Logia de Cuba: Periodo de 1980 al 2010.
Actas del Congreso del CEHME/Gibraltar
El articulo estudia como se ha desarrollado la Gran Logia de Cuba (GLC) durante la segunda mitad del Siglo XX, periodo que incluye los gobiernos constitucionales de Grau y Prio, la dictadura de Batista, y la revolucion de 1959. Durante estos periodos la membresia de la GLC ha sufrido grandes variaciones. Se estudian sus causas y se ajusta n modelo estadistico que describe estas variaciones basado en varias componentes y factores sociales.
Estudio Comparativo de las Masonerias Autoctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico
Centro de Estudios Historicos de la Masoneria Espanola (CEHME), Gijon, Espana.
Las masonerías de Cuba y Puerto Rico han sido estudiadas separadamente, tanto por historiadores académicos como masones. Unas veces, como eje central del trabajo, y otras como parte de un estudio sobre obediencias españolas, allí radicadas. El presente trabajo compara las masonerías autóctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico directamente, estableciendo confluencias con la masonería Dominicana. Nuestro trabajo no pretende reproducir la exhaustiva labor ya realizada, sino comparar sus resultados, resaltando las comunidades, y examinando ciertas inconsistencias y contradicciones encontradas, tanto en algunos autores, como entre varios de ellos.
Simulation of Hail Storms Using Simultaneous Efficient Random Number Generators
Handbook of Fitting Statistical Distributions with R (Eds. Z. Karian and E. Dudewicz)
Using simulation methods and Simultaneous Efficient Random Number Generators, a case study in Argentinian Hail Storms is fitted and analyzed. Simulation approximates well the real results.
On how Some European Historians Assess Autochthonous Freemasonry of the Spanish Antilles, during the Second Half of the XIX Century
Ars Quatuour Coronatorum (AQC)
We present a historical analysis of the development of Autochthonous Freemasonry in Spanish Greater Antilles (Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic) during the second half of the XIX Century, and compare it to the perception provided by several Spanish and French academic historians. In the process we point out significant omissions and miss-interpretations made by such European authors, correcting them as necessary, and we develop a statistical model to support our main findings
A Comparative Study of GOF Tests for Multivariate Normality
Journal of Multivariate Analysis
Several Multivariate Normality Goodness of Fit tests, available in the literature, are compared with the authors' new MVN GOF test. Several performance measures are used and the tests are classified on their PM relative results. The new test come ahead in several of the PM analyzed.
Estudio de la Percepción que, sobre las Masonerías Autóctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico, sustentan algunos Historiadores Espanoles
Revista LUMEN, GLSPR
The autochthonous Grand Lodges of Cuba and Puerto Rico, in the last third of the XIX Century, have many commonalities: both worked unsuccessfully toward obtaining an autonomic status from Spain, its colonial master. At the end, Cuba went to war with Spain to obtain its independence and the USA intervened, defeating the Spanish fleet in Santiago and Manila, and thence taking over the remnants of the Spanish empire. Several Spanish historians have studied these two Grand Lodges and present similar biased arguments, that portray them as separatist agents of the USA. The present paper develops a historical defense of these two Grand Lodges, and rectifies these biased accusations.
On Political Intolerance and Cuba’s Future: A Spanish Caribbean Approach
Caribbean Studies/University of Puerto Rico
The study of the Civil Society (CS) has, in the last twenty years, become a hot topic. For, its large impact in events of world importance, such as the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, the fall of the Berlin Wall and, more recently, the Awakening of the Muslim countries of North Africa. Such events have been associated with the existence and activity of groups within the CS. And their absence in other countries has been associated with their lack of political change. All this suggests that SC is an important factor in such political evolution. The present paper reviews the literature on the Cuban CS to investigate: (1) how has it been studied and, (2) what is the current state of its health, its composition, and to estimate its capacity to interact within the Cuban society, which has recently started to change. Some researchers have approached the study of Cuban CS as one composed of political dissidents and religious groups, distorting the problem. For, there are other social groups, not necessarily religious or political, that have been ignored, or that have barely been considered, and whose contributions are of great importance to the CS. In our paper we undertake a brief review of the Cuban CS before the 1959 revolution, and of its replacement by a new one, stemming from such revolution. We then perform a critical analysis of several papers on the Cuban CS that have been grouped under three important themes. After such discussion, we derive some conclusions about the current state, as well as about the future of the Cuban CS.
The Grand Lodge of Cuba in the XX Century:a Historical and Statistical Examination
Ars Quatuor Coronatorum; Vol. 127, PP. 217--242
A Demographic study of the Grand Lodge of Cuba (GLC) and its singular relationship with the Cuban government of Fidel Castro, during the second half of the XX Century is examined in detail. Reasons for which the GLC was not dismantled or proscribed, as were the Grand Lodges under Hitler, Stalin, Franco or Mussolini, are examined. Conclusions regarding this singular situation are provided.
Una Propuesta de Estudio Demográfico Piloto para la GLSPR
Revista LUMEN, GLSPR
A proposal for a demographic study of the membership of the Grand Lodge of Puerto Rico (GLSPR), on the lines that the author undertook in 2010 for the Grand Lodge of Cuba, is described in detail. Several examples of demographic analysis, from both Grand Lodges, are presented. A data collection form is advanced.
On the Statistical Education of American Engineers
RIAC Journal; http://www.theriac.org/DeskReference/viewDocument.php?id=370
The shortcomings of statistical education of engineers and ways of dealing with this issue, before, during and after college is treated. A new Academe-government-industry organization is proposed, to coordinate and direct these efforts.
Estudio Demografico del Nuevo Auge de la Gran Logia de Cuba: Periodo de 1980 al 2010.
Actas del Congreso del CEHME/Gibraltar
El articulo estudia como se ha desarrollado la Gran Logia de Cuba (GLC) durante la segunda mitad del Siglo XX, periodo que incluye los gobiernos constitucionales de Grau y Prio, la dictadura de Batista, y la revolucion de 1959. Durante estos periodos la membresia de la GLC ha sufrido grandes variaciones. Se estudian sus causas y se ajusta n modelo estadistico que describe estas variaciones basado en varias componentes y factores sociales.
Estudio Comparativo de las Masonerias Autoctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico
Centro de Estudios Historicos de la Masoneria Espanola (CEHME), Gijon, Espana.
Las masonerías de Cuba y Puerto Rico han sido estudiadas separadamente, tanto por historiadores académicos como masones. Unas veces, como eje central del trabajo, y otras como parte de un estudio sobre obediencias españolas, allí radicadas. El presente trabajo compara las masonerías autóctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico directamente, estableciendo confluencias con la masonería Dominicana. Nuestro trabajo no pretende reproducir la exhaustiva labor ya realizada, sino comparar sus resultados, resaltando las comunidades, y examinando ciertas inconsistencias y contradicciones encontradas, tanto en algunos autores, como entre varios de ellos.
Simulation of Hail Storms Using Simultaneous Efficient Random Number Generators
Handbook of Fitting Statistical Distributions with R (Eds. Z. Karian and E. Dudewicz)
Using simulation methods and Simultaneous Efficient Random Number Generators, a case study in Argentinian Hail Storms is fitted and analyzed. Simulation approximates well the real results.
On how Some European Historians Assess Autochthonous Freemasonry of the Spanish Antilles, during the Second Half of the XIX Century
Ars Quatuour Coronatorum (AQC)
We present a historical analysis of the development of Autochthonous Freemasonry in Spanish Greater Antilles (Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic) during the second half of the XIX Century, and compare it to the perception provided by several Spanish and French academic historians. In the process we point out significant omissions and miss-interpretations made by such European authors, correcting them as necessary, and we develop a statistical model to support our main findings
A Comparative Study of GOF Tests for Multivariate Normality
Journal of Multivariate Analysis
Several Multivariate Normality Goodness of Fit tests, available in the literature, are compared with the authors' new MVN GOF test. Several performance measures are used and the tests are classified on their PM relative results. The new test come ahead in several of the PM analyzed.
Teaching New Quality Applications to the Next Engineering Generation
2018 North East Quality Councils/NEQC Conference
MFE634, Quality Engineering, is a graduate course taught by the author every Spring at Syracuse University. It comprises all topics required to obtain an Amer. Soc. for Quality/ASQ Quality Engineering Certification, emphasizing statistical tools and approaches. The course requires a Final Project developed by student groups, at the end of the semester. This paper presents some of the topics and implementations of such Projects, in the areas of prevention and mitigation of natural and man-made disasters: hurricanes, bush fires, storm surges, floods and terrorist attacks. These are all new applications of Quality Engineering, traditionally geared to analyze problems in industrial and service areas.
Estudio de la Percepción que, sobre las Masonerías Autóctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico, sustentan algunos Historiadores Espanoles
Revista LUMEN, GLSPR
The autochthonous Grand Lodges of Cuba and Puerto Rico, in the last third of the XIX Century, have many commonalities: both worked unsuccessfully toward obtaining an autonomic status from Spain, its colonial master. At the end, Cuba went to war with Spain to obtain its independence and the USA intervened, defeating the Spanish fleet in Santiago and Manila, and thence taking over the remnants of the Spanish empire. Several Spanish historians have studied these two Grand Lodges and present similar biased arguments, that portray them as separatist agents of the USA. The present paper develops a historical defense of these two Grand Lodges, and rectifies these biased accusations.
On Political Intolerance and Cuba’s Future: A Spanish Caribbean Approach
Caribbean Studies/University of Puerto Rico
The study of the Civil Society (CS) has, in the last twenty years, become a hot topic. For, its large impact in events of world importance, such as the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, the fall of the Berlin Wall and, more recently, the Awakening of the Muslim countries of North Africa. Such events have been associated with the existence and activity of groups within the CS. And their absence in other countries has been associated with their lack of political change. All this suggests that SC is an important factor in such political evolution. The present paper reviews the literature on the Cuban CS to investigate: (1) how has it been studied and, (2) what is the current state of its health, its composition, and to estimate its capacity to interact within the Cuban society, which has recently started to change. Some researchers have approached the study of Cuban CS as one composed of political dissidents and religious groups, distorting the problem. For, there are other social groups, not necessarily religious or political, that have been ignored, or that have barely been considered, and whose contributions are of great importance to the CS. In our paper we undertake a brief review of the Cuban CS before the 1959 revolution, and of its replacement by a new one, stemming from such revolution. We then perform a critical analysis of several papers on the Cuban CS that have been grouped under three important themes. After such discussion, we derive some conclusions about the current state, as well as about the future of the Cuban CS.
The Grand Lodge of Cuba in the XX Century:a Historical and Statistical Examination
Ars Quatuor Coronatorum; Vol. 127, PP. 217--242
A Demographic study of the Grand Lodge of Cuba (GLC) and its singular relationship with the Cuban government of Fidel Castro, during the second half of the XX Century is examined in detail. Reasons for which the GLC was not dismantled or proscribed, as were the Grand Lodges under Hitler, Stalin, Franco or Mussolini, are examined. Conclusions regarding this singular situation are provided.
Una Propuesta de Estudio Demográfico Piloto para la GLSPR
Revista LUMEN, GLSPR
A proposal for a demographic study of the membership of the Grand Lodge of Puerto Rico (GLSPR), on the lines that the author undertook in 2010 for the Grand Lodge of Cuba, is described in detail. Several examples of demographic analysis, from both Grand Lodges, are presented. A data collection form is advanced.
On the Statistical Education of American Engineers
RIAC Journal; http://www.theriac.org/DeskReference/viewDocument.php?id=370
The shortcomings of statistical education of engineers and ways of dealing with this issue, before, during and after college is treated. A new Academe-government-industry organization is proposed, to coordinate and direct these efforts.
Estudio Demografico del Nuevo Auge de la Gran Logia de Cuba: Periodo de 1980 al 2010.
Actas del Congreso del CEHME/Gibraltar
El articulo estudia como se ha desarrollado la Gran Logia de Cuba (GLC) durante la segunda mitad del Siglo XX, periodo que incluye los gobiernos constitucionales de Grau y Prio, la dictadura de Batista, y la revolucion de 1959. Durante estos periodos la membresia de la GLC ha sufrido grandes variaciones. Se estudian sus causas y se ajusta n modelo estadistico que describe estas variaciones basado en varias componentes y factores sociales.
Estudio Comparativo de las Masonerias Autoctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico
Centro de Estudios Historicos de la Masoneria Espanola (CEHME), Gijon, Espana.
Las masonerías de Cuba y Puerto Rico han sido estudiadas separadamente, tanto por historiadores académicos como masones. Unas veces, como eje central del trabajo, y otras como parte de un estudio sobre obediencias españolas, allí radicadas. El presente trabajo compara las masonerías autóctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico directamente, estableciendo confluencias con la masonería Dominicana. Nuestro trabajo no pretende reproducir la exhaustiva labor ya realizada, sino comparar sus resultados, resaltando las comunidades, y examinando ciertas inconsistencias y contradicciones encontradas, tanto en algunos autores, como entre varios de ellos.
Simulation of Hail Storms Using Simultaneous Efficient Random Number Generators
Handbook of Fitting Statistical Distributions with R (Eds. Z. Karian and E. Dudewicz)
Using simulation methods and Simultaneous Efficient Random Number Generators, a case study in Argentinian Hail Storms is fitted and analyzed. Simulation approximates well the real results.
On how Some European Historians Assess Autochthonous Freemasonry of the Spanish Antilles, during the Second Half of the XIX Century
Ars Quatuour Coronatorum (AQC)
We present a historical analysis of the development of Autochthonous Freemasonry in Spanish Greater Antilles (Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic) during the second half of the XIX Century, and compare it to the perception provided by several Spanish and French academic historians. In the process we point out significant omissions and miss-interpretations made by such European authors, correcting them as necessary, and we develop a statistical model to support our main findings
A Comparative Study of GOF Tests for Multivariate Normality
Journal of Multivariate Analysis
Several Multivariate Normality Goodness of Fit tests, available in the literature, are compared with the authors' new MVN GOF test. Several performance measures are used and the tests are classified on their PM relative results. The new test come ahead in several of the PM analyzed.
Teaching New Quality Applications to the Next Engineering Generation
2018 North East Quality Councils/NEQC Conference
MFE634, Quality Engineering, is a graduate course taught by the author every Spring at Syracuse University. It comprises all topics required to obtain an Amer. Soc. for Quality/ASQ Quality Engineering Certification, emphasizing statistical tools and approaches. The course requires a Final Project developed by student groups, at the end of the semester. This paper presents some of the topics and implementations of such Projects, in the areas of prevention and mitigation of natural and man-made disasters: hurricanes, bush fires, storm surges, floods and terrorist attacks. These are all new applications of Quality Engineering, traditionally geared to analyze problems in industrial and service areas.
Demographic Study of Cuban Blue Lodge masons: Technical Discussion
ESTADÍSTICA, Inter Amer. Stat. Inst./IASI, V. 63, No. 181, pp. 57-75
Using the time series of annual membership in the Grand Lodge of Cuba, and concomitant historical events, we identify candidates for describing the growth, then decay and finally growth again of GLC membership. The paper is a technical discussion of the methods.
Estudio de la Percepción que, sobre las Masonerías Autóctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico, sustentan algunos Historiadores Espanoles
Revista LUMEN, GLSPR
The autochthonous Grand Lodges of Cuba and Puerto Rico, in the last third of the XIX Century, have many commonalities: both worked unsuccessfully toward obtaining an autonomic status from Spain, its colonial master. At the end, Cuba went to war with Spain to obtain its independence and the USA intervened, defeating the Spanish fleet in Santiago and Manila, and thence taking over the remnants of the Spanish empire. Several Spanish historians have studied these two Grand Lodges and present similar biased arguments, that portray them as separatist agents of the USA. The present paper develops a historical defense of these two Grand Lodges, and rectifies these biased accusations.
On Political Intolerance and Cuba’s Future: A Spanish Caribbean Approach
Caribbean Studies/University of Puerto Rico
The study of the Civil Society (CS) has, in the last twenty years, become a hot topic. For, its large impact in events of world importance, such as the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, the fall of the Berlin Wall and, more recently, the Awakening of the Muslim countries of North Africa. Such events have been associated with the existence and activity of groups within the CS. And their absence in other countries has been associated with their lack of political change. All this suggests that SC is an important factor in such political evolution. The present paper reviews the literature on the Cuban CS to investigate: (1) how has it been studied and, (2) what is the current state of its health, its composition, and to estimate its capacity to interact within the Cuban society, which has recently started to change. Some researchers have approached the study of Cuban CS as one composed of political dissidents and religious groups, distorting the problem. For, there are other social groups, not necessarily religious or political, that have been ignored, or that have barely been considered, and whose contributions are of great importance to the CS. In our paper we undertake a brief review of the Cuban CS before the 1959 revolution, and of its replacement by a new one, stemming from such revolution. We then perform a critical analysis of several papers on the Cuban CS that have been grouped under three important themes. After such discussion, we derive some conclusions about the current state, as well as about the future of the Cuban CS.
The Grand Lodge of Cuba in the XX Century:a Historical and Statistical Examination
Ars Quatuor Coronatorum; Vol. 127, PP. 217--242
A Demographic study of the Grand Lodge of Cuba (GLC) and its singular relationship with the Cuban government of Fidel Castro, during the second half of the XX Century is examined in detail. Reasons for which the GLC was not dismantled or proscribed, as were the Grand Lodges under Hitler, Stalin, Franco or Mussolini, are examined. Conclusions regarding this singular situation are provided.
Una Propuesta de Estudio Demográfico Piloto para la GLSPR
Revista LUMEN, GLSPR
A proposal for a demographic study of the membership of the Grand Lodge of Puerto Rico (GLSPR), on the lines that the author undertook in 2010 for the Grand Lodge of Cuba, is described in detail. Several examples of demographic analysis, from both Grand Lodges, are presented. A data collection form is advanced.
On the Statistical Education of American Engineers
RIAC Journal; http://www.theriac.org/DeskReference/viewDocument.php?id=370
The shortcomings of statistical education of engineers and ways of dealing with this issue, before, during and after college is treated. A new Academe-government-industry organization is proposed, to coordinate and direct these efforts.
Estudio Demografico del Nuevo Auge de la Gran Logia de Cuba: Periodo de 1980 al 2010.
Actas del Congreso del CEHME/Gibraltar
El articulo estudia como se ha desarrollado la Gran Logia de Cuba (GLC) durante la segunda mitad del Siglo XX, periodo que incluye los gobiernos constitucionales de Grau y Prio, la dictadura de Batista, y la revolucion de 1959. Durante estos periodos la membresia de la GLC ha sufrido grandes variaciones. Se estudian sus causas y se ajusta n modelo estadistico que describe estas variaciones basado en varias componentes y factores sociales.
Estudio Comparativo de las Masonerias Autoctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico
Centro de Estudios Historicos de la Masoneria Espanola (CEHME), Gijon, Espana.
Las masonerías de Cuba y Puerto Rico han sido estudiadas separadamente, tanto por historiadores académicos como masones. Unas veces, como eje central del trabajo, y otras como parte de un estudio sobre obediencias españolas, allí radicadas. El presente trabajo compara las masonerías autóctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico directamente, estableciendo confluencias con la masonería Dominicana. Nuestro trabajo no pretende reproducir la exhaustiva labor ya realizada, sino comparar sus resultados, resaltando las comunidades, y examinando ciertas inconsistencias y contradicciones encontradas, tanto en algunos autores, como entre varios de ellos.
Simulation of Hail Storms Using Simultaneous Efficient Random Number Generators
Handbook of Fitting Statistical Distributions with R (Eds. Z. Karian and E. Dudewicz)
Using simulation methods and Simultaneous Efficient Random Number Generators, a case study in Argentinian Hail Storms is fitted and analyzed. Simulation approximates well the real results.
On how Some European Historians Assess Autochthonous Freemasonry of the Spanish Antilles, during the Second Half of the XIX Century
Ars Quatuour Coronatorum (AQC)
We present a historical analysis of the development of Autochthonous Freemasonry in Spanish Greater Antilles (Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic) during the second half of the XIX Century, and compare it to the perception provided by several Spanish and French academic historians. In the process we point out significant omissions and miss-interpretations made by such European authors, correcting them as necessary, and we develop a statistical model to support our main findings
A Comparative Study of GOF Tests for Multivariate Normality
Journal of Multivariate Analysis
Several Multivariate Normality Goodness of Fit tests, available in the literature, are compared with the authors' new MVN GOF test. Several performance measures are used and the tests are classified on their PM relative results. The new test come ahead in several of the PM analyzed.
Teaching New Quality Applications to the Next Engineering Generation
2018 North East Quality Councils/NEQC Conference
MFE634, Quality Engineering, is a graduate course taught by the author every Spring at Syracuse University. It comprises all topics required to obtain an Amer. Soc. for Quality/ASQ Quality Engineering Certification, emphasizing statistical tools and approaches. The course requires a Final Project developed by student groups, at the end of the semester. This paper presents some of the topics and implementations of such Projects, in the areas of prevention and mitigation of natural and man-made disasters: hurricanes, bush fires, storm surges, floods and terrorist attacks. These are all new applications of Quality Engineering, traditionally geared to analyze problems in industrial and service areas.
Demographic Study of Cuban Blue Lodge masons: Technical Discussion
ESTADÍSTICA, Inter Amer. Stat. Inst./IASI, V. 63, No. 181, pp. 57-75
Using the time series of annual membership in the Grand Lodge of Cuba, and concomitant historical events, we identify candidates for describing the growth, then decay and finally growth again of GLC membership. The paper is a technical discussion of the methods.
El Instituto de Estadistica Aplicada y Mejora Continua: una Pagina Web de Libre Acceso
III Congreso Internacional Virtual de Educacion Estadistica/CIVEEST
The Quality, Reliability and Continuous Improvement Institute (QR&CII) is an applied statistics and quality engineering web page, developed as a public service of the Juarez Lincoln Marti (JLM) International Education Project (http://web.cortland.edu/matresearch). The QR&CII publishes and develops materials that contribute to the understanding and study of industrial and applied statistics, for professionals and students interested in this topic. The present paper describes the origin, content and projections of this Web Site, that includes detailed tutorials, Webinars, PowerPoint presentations, peer-reviewed journal articles and final group projects from students of our industrial stats and quality engineering courses, at Syracuse University.
Estudio de la Percepción que, sobre las Masonerías Autóctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico, sustentan algunos Historiadores Espanoles
Revista LUMEN, GLSPR
The autochthonous Grand Lodges of Cuba and Puerto Rico, in the last third of the XIX Century, have many commonalities: both worked unsuccessfully toward obtaining an autonomic status from Spain, its colonial master. At the end, Cuba went to war with Spain to obtain its independence and the USA intervened, defeating the Spanish fleet in Santiago and Manila, and thence taking over the remnants of the Spanish empire. Several Spanish historians have studied these two Grand Lodges and present similar biased arguments, that portray them as separatist agents of the USA. The present paper develops a historical defense of these two Grand Lodges, and rectifies these biased accusations.
On Political Intolerance and Cuba’s Future: A Spanish Caribbean Approach
Caribbean Studies/University of Puerto Rico
The study of the Civil Society (CS) has, in the last twenty years, become a hot topic. For, its large impact in events of world importance, such as the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, the fall of the Berlin Wall and, more recently, the Awakening of the Muslim countries of North Africa. Such events have been associated with the existence and activity of groups within the CS. And their absence in other countries has been associated with their lack of political change. All this suggests that SC is an important factor in such political evolution. The present paper reviews the literature on the Cuban CS to investigate: (1) how has it been studied and, (2) what is the current state of its health, its composition, and to estimate its capacity to interact within the Cuban society, which has recently started to change. Some researchers have approached the study of Cuban CS as one composed of political dissidents and religious groups, distorting the problem. For, there are other social groups, not necessarily religious or political, that have been ignored, or that have barely been considered, and whose contributions are of great importance to the CS. In our paper we undertake a brief review of the Cuban CS before the 1959 revolution, and of its replacement by a new one, stemming from such revolution. We then perform a critical analysis of several papers on the Cuban CS that have been grouped under three important themes. After such discussion, we derive some conclusions about the current state, as well as about the future of the Cuban CS.
The Grand Lodge of Cuba in the XX Century:a Historical and Statistical Examination
Ars Quatuor Coronatorum; Vol. 127, PP. 217--242
A Demographic study of the Grand Lodge of Cuba (GLC) and its singular relationship with the Cuban government of Fidel Castro, during the second half of the XX Century is examined in detail. Reasons for which the GLC was not dismantled or proscribed, as were the Grand Lodges under Hitler, Stalin, Franco or Mussolini, are examined. Conclusions regarding this singular situation are provided.
Una Propuesta de Estudio Demográfico Piloto para la GLSPR
Revista LUMEN, GLSPR
A proposal for a demographic study of the membership of the Grand Lodge of Puerto Rico (GLSPR), on the lines that the author undertook in 2010 for the Grand Lodge of Cuba, is described in detail. Several examples of demographic analysis, from both Grand Lodges, are presented. A data collection form is advanced.
On the Statistical Education of American Engineers
RIAC Journal; http://www.theriac.org/DeskReference/viewDocument.php?id=370
The shortcomings of statistical education of engineers and ways of dealing with this issue, before, during and after college is treated. A new Academe-government-industry organization is proposed, to coordinate and direct these efforts.
Estudio Demografico del Nuevo Auge de la Gran Logia de Cuba: Periodo de 1980 al 2010.
Actas del Congreso del CEHME/Gibraltar
El articulo estudia como se ha desarrollado la Gran Logia de Cuba (GLC) durante la segunda mitad del Siglo XX, periodo que incluye los gobiernos constitucionales de Grau y Prio, la dictadura de Batista, y la revolucion de 1959. Durante estos periodos la membresia de la GLC ha sufrido grandes variaciones. Se estudian sus causas y se ajusta n modelo estadistico que describe estas variaciones basado en varias componentes y factores sociales.
Estudio Comparativo de las Masonerias Autoctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico
Centro de Estudios Historicos de la Masoneria Espanola (CEHME), Gijon, Espana.
Las masonerías de Cuba y Puerto Rico han sido estudiadas separadamente, tanto por historiadores académicos como masones. Unas veces, como eje central del trabajo, y otras como parte de un estudio sobre obediencias españolas, allí radicadas. El presente trabajo compara las masonerías autóctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico directamente, estableciendo confluencias con la masonería Dominicana. Nuestro trabajo no pretende reproducir la exhaustiva labor ya realizada, sino comparar sus resultados, resaltando las comunidades, y examinando ciertas inconsistencias y contradicciones encontradas, tanto en algunos autores, como entre varios de ellos.
Simulation of Hail Storms Using Simultaneous Efficient Random Number Generators
Handbook of Fitting Statistical Distributions with R (Eds. Z. Karian and E. Dudewicz)
Using simulation methods and Simultaneous Efficient Random Number Generators, a case study in Argentinian Hail Storms is fitted and analyzed. Simulation approximates well the real results.
On how Some European Historians Assess Autochthonous Freemasonry of the Spanish Antilles, during the Second Half of the XIX Century
Ars Quatuour Coronatorum (AQC)
We present a historical analysis of the development of Autochthonous Freemasonry in Spanish Greater Antilles (Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic) during the second half of the XIX Century, and compare it to the perception provided by several Spanish and French academic historians. In the process we point out significant omissions and miss-interpretations made by such European authors, correcting them as necessary, and we develop a statistical model to support our main findings
A Comparative Study of GOF Tests for Multivariate Normality
Journal of Multivariate Analysis
Several Multivariate Normality Goodness of Fit tests, available in the literature, are compared with the authors' new MVN GOF test. Several performance measures are used and the tests are classified on their PM relative results. The new test come ahead in several of the PM analyzed.
Teaching New Quality Applications to the Next Engineering Generation
2018 North East Quality Councils/NEQC Conference
MFE634, Quality Engineering, is a graduate course taught by the author every Spring at Syracuse University. It comprises all topics required to obtain an Amer. Soc. for Quality/ASQ Quality Engineering Certification, emphasizing statistical tools and approaches. The course requires a Final Project developed by student groups, at the end of the semester. This paper presents some of the topics and implementations of such Projects, in the areas of prevention and mitigation of natural and man-made disasters: hurricanes, bush fires, storm surges, floods and terrorist attacks. These are all new applications of Quality Engineering, traditionally geared to analyze problems in industrial and service areas.
Demographic Study of Cuban Blue Lodge masons: Technical Discussion
ESTADÍSTICA, Inter Amer. Stat. Inst./IASI, V. 63, No. 181, pp. 57-75
Using the time series of annual membership in the Grand Lodge of Cuba, and concomitant historical events, we identify candidates for describing the growth, then decay and finally growth again of GLC membership. The paper is a technical discussion of the methods.
El Instituto de Estadistica Aplicada y Mejora Continua: una Pagina Web de Libre Acceso
III Congreso Internacional Virtual de Educacion Estadistica/CIVEEST
The Quality, Reliability and Continuous Improvement Institute (QR&CII) is an applied statistics and quality engineering web page, developed as a public service of the Juarez Lincoln Marti (JLM) International Education Project (http://web.cortland.edu/matresearch). The QR&CII publishes and develops materials that contribute to the understanding and study of industrial and applied statistics, for professionals and students interested in this topic. The present paper describes the origin, content and projections of this Web Site, that includes detailed tutorials, Webinars, PowerPoint presentations, peer-reviewed journal articles and final group projects from students of our industrial stats and quality engineering courses, at Syracuse University.
Un Analisis de la Literatura Sobre la Sociedad Civil Cubana
Caribbean Studies/Estudios Caribeños - Universidad de Puerto Rico
La literatura sobre la Sociedad Civil cubana, entre los años 1992 y 2010, es analizada criticamente. Algunos puntos comunes son resaltados; algunas diferencias contrastadas. Conclusiones sobre la funcion de la Sociedad Civil cubana en una posible transicion pacifica en el pais son discutidas.
Estudio de la Percepción que, sobre las Masonerías Autóctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico, sustentan algunos Historiadores Espanoles
Revista LUMEN, GLSPR
The autochthonous Grand Lodges of Cuba and Puerto Rico, in the last third of the XIX Century, have many commonalities: both worked unsuccessfully toward obtaining an autonomic status from Spain, its colonial master. At the end, Cuba went to war with Spain to obtain its independence and the USA intervened, defeating the Spanish fleet in Santiago and Manila, and thence taking over the remnants of the Spanish empire. Several Spanish historians have studied these two Grand Lodges and present similar biased arguments, that portray them as separatist agents of the USA. The present paper develops a historical defense of these two Grand Lodges, and rectifies these biased accusations.
On Political Intolerance and Cuba’s Future: A Spanish Caribbean Approach
Caribbean Studies/University of Puerto Rico
The study of the Civil Society (CS) has, in the last twenty years, become a hot topic. For, its large impact in events of world importance, such as the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, the fall of the Berlin Wall and, more recently, the Awakening of the Muslim countries of North Africa. Such events have been associated with the existence and activity of groups within the CS. And their absence in other countries has been associated with their lack of political change. All this suggests that SC is an important factor in such political evolution. The present paper reviews the literature on the Cuban CS to investigate: (1) how has it been studied and, (2) what is the current state of its health, its composition, and to estimate its capacity to interact within the Cuban society, which has recently started to change. Some researchers have approached the study of Cuban CS as one composed of political dissidents and religious groups, distorting the problem. For, there are other social groups, not necessarily religious or political, that have been ignored, or that have barely been considered, and whose contributions are of great importance to the CS. In our paper we undertake a brief review of the Cuban CS before the 1959 revolution, and of its replacement by a new one, stemming from such revolution. We then perform a critical analysis of several papers on the Cuban CS that have been grouped under three important themes. After such discussion, we derive some conclusions about the current state, as well as about the future of the Cuban CS.
The Grand Lodge of Cuba in the XX Century:a Historical and Statistical Examination
Ars Quatuor Coronatorum; Vol. 127, PP. 217--242
A Demographic study of the Grand Lodge of Cuba (GLC) and its singular relationship with the Cuban government of Fidel Castro, during the second half of the XX Century is examined in detail. Reasons for which the GLC was not dismantled or proscribed, as were the Grand Lodges under Hitler, Stalin, Franco or Mussolini, are examined. Conclusions regarding this singular situation are provided.
Una Propuesta de Estudio Demográfico Piloto para la GLSPR
Revista LUMEN, GLSPR
A proposal for a demographic study of the membership of the Grand Lodge of Puerto Rico (GLSPR), on the lines that the author undertook in 2010 for the Grand Lodge of Cuba, is described in detail. Several examples of demographic analysis, from both Grand Lodges, are presented. A data collection form is advanced.
On the Statistical Education of American Engineers
RIAC Journal; http://www.theriac.org/DeskReference/viewDocument.php?id=370
The shortcomings of statistical education of engineers and ways of dealing with this issue, before, during and after college is treated. A new Academe-government-industry organization is proposed, to coordinate and direct these efforts.
Estudio Demografico del Nuevo Auge de la Gran Logia de Cuba: Periodo de 1980 al 2010.
Actas del Congreso del CEHME/Gibraltar
El articulo estudia como se ha desarrollado la Gran Logia de Cuba (GLC) durante la segunda mitad del Siglo XX, periodo que incluye los gobiernos constitucionales de Grau y Prio, la dictadura de Batista, y la revolucion de 1959. Durante estos periodos la membresia de la GLC ha sufrido grandes variaciones. Se estudian sus causas y se ajusta n modelo estadistico que describe estas variaciones basado en varias componentes y factores sociales.
Estudio Comparativo de las Masonerias Autoctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico
Centro de Estudios Historicos de la Masoneria Espanola (CEHME), Gijon, Espana.
Las masonerías de Cuba y Puerto Rico han sido estudiadas separadamente, tanto por historiadores académicos como masones. Unas veces, como eje central del trabajo, y otras como parte de un estudio sobre obediencias españolas, allí radicadas. El presente trabajo compara las masonerías autóctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico directamente, estableciendo confluencias con la masonería Dominicana. Nuestro trabajo no pretende reproducir la exhaustiva labor ya realizada, sino comparar sus resultados, resaltando las comunidades, y examinando ciertas inconsistencias y contradicciones encontradas, tanto en algunos autores, como entre varios de ellos.
Simulation of Hail Storms Using Simultaneous Efficient Random Number Generators
Handbook of Fitting Statistical Distributions with R (Eds. Z. Karian and E. Dudewicz)
Using simulation methods and Simultaneous Efficient Random Number Generators, a case study in Argentinian Hail Storms is fitted and analyzed. Simulation approximates well the real results.
On how Some European Historians Assess Autochthonous Freemasonry of the Spanish Antilles, during the Second Half of the XIX Century
Ars Quatuour Coronatorum (AQC)
We present a historical analysis of the development of Autochthonous Freemasonry in Spanish Greater Antilles (Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic) during the second half of the XIX Century, and compare it to the perception provided by several Spanish and French academic historians. In the process we point out significant omissions and miss-interpretations made by such European authors, correcting them as necessary, and we develop a statistical model to support our main findings
A Comparative Study of GOF Tests for Multivariate Normality
Journal of Multivariate Analysis
Several Multivariate Normality Goodness of Fit tests, available in the literature, are compared with the authors' new MVN GOF test. Several performance measures are used and the tests are classified on their PM relative results. The new test come ahead in several of the PM analyzed.
Teaching New Quality Applications to the Next Engineering Generation
2018 North East Quality Councils/NEQC Conference
MFE634, Quality Engineering, is a graduate course taught by the author every Spring at Syracuse University. It comprises all topics required to obtain an Amer. Soc. for Quality/ASQ Quality Engineering Certification, emphasizing statistical tools and approaches. The course requires a Final Project developed by student groups, at the end of the semester. This paper presents some of the topics and implementations of such Projects, in the areas of prevention and mitigation of natural and man-made disasters: hurricanes, bush fires, storm surges, floods and terrorist attacks. These are all new applications of Quality Engineering, traditionally geared to analyze problems in industrial and service areas.
Demographic Study of Cuban Blue Lodge masons: Technical Discussion
ESTADÍSTICA, Inter Amer. Stat. Inst./IASI, V. 63, No. 181, pp. 57-75
Using the time series of annual membership in the Grand Lodge of Cuba, and concomitant historical events, we identify candidates for describing the growth, then decay and finally growth again of GLC membership. The paper is a technical discussion of the methods.
El Instituto de Estadistica Aplicada y Mejora Continua: una Pagina Web de Libre Acceso
III Congreso Internacional Virtual de Educacion Estadistica/CIVEEST
The Quality, Reliability and Continuous Improvement Institute (QR&CII) is an applied statistics and quality engineering web page, developed as a public service of the Juarez Lincoln Marti (JLM) International Education Project (http://web.cortland.edu/matresearch). The QR&CII publishes and develops materials that contribute to the understanding and study of industrial and applied statistics, for professionals and students interested in this topic. The present paper describes the origin, content and projections of this Web Site, that includes detailed tutorials, Webinars, PowerPoint presentations, peer-reviewed journal articles and final group projects from students of our industrial stats and quality engineering courses, at Syracuse University.
Un Analisis de la Literatura Sobre la Sociedad Civil Cubana
Caribbean Studies/Estudios Caribeños - Universidad de Puerto Rico
La literatura sobre la Sociedad Civil cubana, entre los años 1992 y 2010, es analizada criticamente. Algunos puntos comunes son resaltados; algunas diferencias contrastadas. Conclusiones sobre la funcion de la Sociedad Civil cubana en una posible transicion pacifica en el pais son discutidas.
Estudio del Auge y Declive de la Gran Logia de Cuba: 1945-80
REHMLAC, Univ. de Costa Rica.
A demographic study of the growth and decline of the Grand Lodge of Cuba, during 1945-1980, and possible causes of such movements, is discussed in detail. A second part (1980-2010) will appear in the Proceedings of CEHME, Spain, in Oct./2012.
Estudio de la Percepción que, sobre las Masonerías Autóctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico, sustentan algunos Historiadores Espanoles
Revista LUMEN, GLSPR
The autochthonous Grand Lodges of Cuba and Puerto Rico, in the last third of the XIX Century, have many commonalities: both worked unsuccessfully toward obtaining an autonomic status from Spain, its colonial master. At the end, Cuba went to war with Spain to obtain its independence and the USA intervened, defeating the Spanish fleet in Santiago and Manila, and thence taking over the remnants of the Spanish empire. Several Spanish historians have studied these two Grand Lodges and present similar biased arguments, that portray them as separatist agents of the USA. The present paper develops a historical defense of these two Grand Lodges, and rectifies these biased accusations.
On Political Intolerance and Cuba’s Future: A Spanish Caribbean Approach
Caribbean Studies/University of Puerto Rico
The study of the Civil Society (CS) has, in the last twenty years, become a hot topic. For, its large impact in events of world importance, such as the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, the fall of the Berlin Wall and, more recently, the Awakening of the Muslim countries of North Africa. Such events have been associated with the existence and activity of groups within the CS. And their absence in other countries has been associated with their lack of political change. All this suggests that SC is an important factor in such political evolution. The present paper reviews the literature on the Cuban CS to investigate: (1) how has it been studied and, (2) what is the current state of its health, its composition, and to estimate its capacity to interact within the Cuban society, which has recently started to change. Some researchers have approached the study of Cuban CS as one composed of political dissidents and religious groups, distorting the problem. For, there are other social groups, not necessarily religious or political, that have been ignored, or that have barely been considered, and whose contributions are of great importance to the CS. In our paper we undertake a brief review of the Cuban CS before the 1959 revolution, and of its replacement by a new one, stemming from such revolution. We then perform a critical analysis of several papers on the Cuban CS that have been grouped under three important themes. After such discussion, we derive some conclusions about the current state, as well as about the future of the Cuban CS.
The Grand Lodge of Cuba in the XX Century:a Historical and Statistical Examination
Ars Quatuor Coronatorum; Vol. 127, PP. 217--242
A Demographic study of the Grand Lodge of Cuba (GLC) and its singular relationship with the Cuban government of Fidel Castro, during the second half of the XX Century is examined in detail. Reasons for which the GLC was not dismantled or proscribed, as were the Grand Lodges under Hitler, Stalin, Franco or Mussolini, are examined. Conclusions regarding this singular situation are provided.
Una Propuesta de Estudio Demográfico Piloto para la GLSPR
Revista LUMEN, GLSPR
A proposal for a demographic study of the membership of the Grand Lodge of Puerto Rico (GLSPR), on the lines that the author undertook in 2010 for the Grand Lodge of Cuba, is described in detail. Several examples of demographic analysis, from both Grand Lodges, are presented. A data collection form is advanced.
On the Statistical Education of American Engineers
RIAC Journal; http://www.theriac.org/DeskReference/viewDocument.php?id=370
The shortcomings of statistical education of engineers and ways of dealing with this issue, before, during and after college is treated. A new Academe-government-industry organization is proposed, to coordinate and direct these efforts.
Estudio Demografico del Nuevo Auge de la Gran Logia de Cuba: Periodo de 1980 al 2010.
Actas del Congreso del CEHME/Gibraltar
El articulo estudia como se ha desarrollado la Gran Logia de Cuba (GLC) durante la segunda mitad del Siglo XX, periodo que incluye los gobiernos constitucionales de Grau y Prio, la dictadura de Batista, y la revolucion de 1959. Durante estos periodos la membresia de la GLC ha sufrido grandes variaciones. Se estudian sus causas y se ajusta n modelo estadistico que describe estas variaciones basado en varias componentes y factores sociales.
Estudio Comparativo de las Masonerias Autoctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico
Centro de Estudios Historicos de la Masoneria Espanola (CEHME), Gijon, Espana.
Las masonerías de Cuba y Puerto Rico han sido estudiadas separadamente, tanto por historiadores académicos como masones. Unas veces, como eje central del trabajo, y otras como parte de un estudio sobre obediencias españolas, allí radicadas. El presente trabajo compara las masonerías autóctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico directamente, estableciendo confluencias con la masonería Dominicana. Nuestro trabajo no pretende reproducir la exhaustiva labor ya realizada, sino comparar sus resultados, resaltando las comunidades, y examinando ciertas inconsistencias y contradicciones encontradas, tanto en algunos autores, como entre varios de ellos.
Simulation of Hail Storms Using Simultaneous Efficient Random Number Generators
Handbook of Fitting Statistical Distributions with R (Eds. Z. Karian and E. Dudewicz)
Using simulation methods and Simultaneous Efficient Random Number Generators, a case study in Argentinian Hail Storms is fitted and analyzed. Simulation approximates well the real results.
On how Some European Historians Assess Autochthonous Freemasonry of the Spanish Antilles, during the Second Half of the XIX Century
Ars Quatuour Coronatorum (AQC)
We present a historical analysis of the development of Autochthonous Freemasonry in Spanish Greater Antilles (Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic) during the second half of the XIX Century, and compare it to the perception provided by several Spanish and French academic historians. In the process we point out significant omissions and miss-interpretations made by such European authors, correcting them as necessary, and we develop a statistical model to support our main findings
A Comparative Study of GOF Tests for Multivariate Normality
Journal of Multivariate Analysis
Several Multivariate Normality Goodness of Fit tests, available in the literature, are compared with the authors' new MVN GOF test. Several performance measures are used and the tests are classified on their PM relative results. The new test come ahead in several of the PM analyzed.
Teaching New Quality Applications to the Next Engineering Generation
2018 North East Quality Councils/NEQC Conference
MFE634, Quality Engineering, is a graduate course taught by the author every Spring at Syracuse University. It comprises all topics required to obtain an Amer. Soc. for Quality/ASQ Quality Engineering Certification, emphasizing statistical tools and approaches. The course requires a Final Project developed by student groups, at the end of the semester. This paper presents some of the topics and implementations of such Projects, in the areas of prevention and mitigation of natural and man-made disasters: hurricanes, bush fires, storm surges, floods and terrorist attacks. These are all new applications of Quality Engineering, traditionally geared to analyze problems in industrial and service areas.
Demographic Study of Cuban Blue Lodge masons: Technical Discussion
ESTADÍSTICA, Inter Amer. Stat. Inst./IASI, V. 63, No. 181, pp. 57-75
Using the time series of annual membership in the Grand Lodge of Cuba, and concomitant historical events, we identify candidates for describing the growth, then decay and finally growth again of GLC membership. The paper is a technical discussion of the methods.
El Instituto de Estadistica Aplicada y Mejora Continua: una Pagina Web de Libre Acceso
III Congreso Internacional Virtual de Educacion Estadistica/CIVEEST
The Quality, Reliability and Continuous Improvement Institute (QR&CII) is an applied statistics and quality engineering web page, developed as a public service of the Juarez Lincoln Marti (JLM) International Education Project (http://web.cortland.edu/matresearch). The QR&CII publishes and develops materials that contribute to the understanding and study of industrial and applied statistics, for professionals and students interested in this topic. The present paper describes the origin, content and projections of this Web Site, that includes detailed tutorials, Webinars, PowerPoint presentations, peer-reviewed journal articles and final group projects from students of our industrial stats and quality engineering courses, at Syracuse University.
Un Analisis de la Literatura Sobre la Sociedad Civil Cubana
Caribbean Studies/Estudios Caribeños - Universidad de Puerto Rico
La literatura sobre la Sociedad Civil cubana, entre los años 1992 y 2010, es analizada criticamente. Algunos puntos comunes son resaltados; algunas diferencias contrastadas. Conclusiones sobre la funcion de la Sociedad Civil cubana en una posible transicion pacifica en el pais son discutidas.
Estudio del Auge y Declive de la Gran Logia de Cuba: 1945-80
REHMLAC, Univ. de Costa Rica.
A demographic study of the growth and decline of the Grand Lodge of Cuba, during 1945-1980, and possible causes of such movements, is discussed in detail. A second part (1980-2010) will appear in the Proceedings of CEHME, Spain, in Oct./2012.
A Selection of Reliability Statistics Readings
RIAC Web Tutorials START Sheets
This is a collection of over two dozen web tutorials on reliability and industrial statistics, known as RIAC START Sheets. They discuss many reliability and life testing statistical modeling and analysis methods. They are available in the web at: http://web.cortland.edu/romeu/urlstats.html
Estudio de la Percepción que, sobre las Masonerías Autóctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico, sustentan algunos Historiadores Espanoles
Revista LUMEN, GLSPR
The autochthonous Grand Lodges of Cuba and Puerto Rico, in the last third of the XIX Century, have many commonalities: both worked unsuccessfully toward obtaining an autonomic status from Spain, its colonial master. At the end, Cuba went to war with Spain to obtain its independence and the USA intervened, defeating the Spanish fleet in Santiago and Manila, and thence taking over the remnants of the Spanish empire. Several Spanish historians have studied these two Grand Lodges and present similar biased arguments, that portray them as separatist agents of the USA. The present paper develops a historical defense of these two Grand Lodges, and rectifies these biased accusations.
On Political Intolerance and Cuba’s Future: A Spanish Caribbean Approach
Caribbean Studies/University of Puerto Rico
The study of the Civil Society (CS) has, in the last twenty years, become a hot topic. For, its large impact in events of world importance, such as the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, the fall of the Berlin Wall and, more recently, the Awakening of the Muslim countries of North Africa. Such events have been associated with the existence and activity of groups within the CS. And their absence in other countries has been associated with their lack of political change. All this suggests that SC is an important factor in such political evolution. The present paper reviews the literature on the Cuban CS to investigate: (1) how has it been studied and, (2) what is the current state of its health, its composition, and to estimate its capacity to interact within the Cuban society, which has recently started to change. Some researchers have approached the study of Cuban CS as one composed of political dissidents and religious groups, distorting the problem. For, there are other social groups, not necessarily religious or political, that have been ignored, or that have barely been considered, and whose contributions are of great importance to the CS. In our paper we undertake a brief review of the Cuban CS before the 1959 revolution, and of its replacement by a new one, stemming from such revolution. We then perform a critical analysis of several papers on the Cuban CS that have been grouped under three important themes. After such discussion, we derive some conclusions about the current state, as well as about the future of the Cuban CS.
The Grand Lodge of Cuba in the XX Century:a Historical and Statistical Examination
Ars Quatuor Coronatorum; Vol. 127, PP. 217--242
A Demographic study of the Grand Lodge of Cuba (GLC) and its singular relationship with the Cuban government of Fidel Castro, during the second half of the XX Century is examined in detail. Reasons for which the GLC was not dismantled or proscribed, as were the Grand Lodges under Hitler, Stalin, Franco or Mussolini, are examined. Conclusions regarding this singular situation are provided.
Una Propuesta de Estudio Demográfico Piloto para la GLSPR
Revista LUMEN, GLSPR
A proposal for a demographic study of the membership of the Grand Lodge of Puerto Rico (GLSPR), on the lines that the author undertook in 2010 for the Grand Lodge of Cuba, is described in detail. Several examples of demographic analysis, from both Grand Lodges, are presented. A data collection form is advanced.
On the Statistical Education of American Engineers
RIAC Journal; http://www.theriac.org/DeskReference/viewDocument.php?id=370
The shortcomings of statistical education of engineers and ways of dealing with this issue, before, during and after college is treated. A new Academe-government-industry organization is proposed, to coordinate and direct these efforts.
Estudio Demografico del Nuevo Auge de la Gran Logia de Cuba: Periodo de 1980 al 2010.
Actas del Congreso del CEHME/Gibraltar
El articulo estudia como se ha desarrollado la Gran Logia de Cuba (GLC) durante la segunda mitad del Siglo XX, periodo que incluye los gobiernos constitucionales de Grau y Prio, la dictadura de Batista, y la revolucion de 1959. Durante estos periodos la membresia de la GLC ha sufrido grandes variaciones. Se estudian sus causas y se ajusta n modelo estadistico que describe estas variaciones basado en varias componentes y factores sociales.
Estudio Comparativo de las Masonerias Autoctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico
Centro de Estudios Historicos de la Masoneria Espanola (CEHME), Gijon, Espana.
Las masonerías de Cuba y Puerto Rico han sido estudiadas separadamente, tanto por historiadores académicos como masones. Unas veces, como eje central del trabajo, y otras como parte de un estudio sobre obediencias españolas, allí radicadas. El presente trabajo compara las masonerías autóctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico directamente, estableciendo confluencias con la masonería Dominicana. Nuestro trabajo no pretende reproducir la exhaustiva labor ya realizada, sino comparar sus resultados, resaltando las comunidades, y examinando ciertas inconsistencias y contradicciones encontradas, tanto en algunos autores, como entre varios de ellos.
Simulation of Hail Storms Using Simultaneous Efficient Random Number Generators
Handbook of Fitting Statistical Distributions with R (Eds. Z. Karian and E. Dudewicz)
Using simulation methods and Simultaneous Efficient Random Number Generators, a case study in Argentinian Hail Storms is fitted and analyzed. Simulation approximates well the real results.
On how Some European Historians Assess Autochthonous Freemasonry of the Spanish Antilles, during the Second Half of the XIX Century
Ars Quatuour Coronatorum (AQC)
We present a historical analysis of the development of Autochthonous Freemasonry in Spanish Greater Antilles (Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic) during the second half of the XIX Century, and compare it to the perception provided by several Spanish and French academic historians. In the process we point out significant omissions and miss-interpretations made by such European authors, correcting them as necessary, and we develop a statistical model to support our main findings
A Comparative Study of GOF Tests for Multivariate Normality
Journal of Multivariate Analysis
Several Multivariate Normality Goodness of Fit tests, available in the literature, are compared with the authors' new MVN GOF test. Several performance measures are used and the tests are classified on their PM relative results. The new test come ahead in several of the PM analyzed.
Teaching New Quality Applications to the Next Engineering Generation
2018 North East Quality Councils/NEQC Conference
MFE634, Quality Engineering, is a graduate course taught by the author every Spring at Syracuse University. It comprises all topics required to obtain an Amer. Soc. for Quality/ASQ Quality Engineering Certification, emphasizing statistical tools and approaches. The course requires a Final Project developed by student groups, at the end of the semester. This paper presents some of the topics and implementations of such Projects, in the areas of prevention and mitigation of natural and man-made disasters: hurricanes, bush fires, storm surges, floods and terrorist attacks. These are all new applications of Quality Engineering, traditionally geared to analyze problems in industrial and service areas.
Demographic Study of Cuban Blue Lodge masons: Technical Discussion
ESTADÍSTICA, Inter Amer. Stat. Inst./IASI, V. 63, No. 181, pp. 57-75
Using the time series of annual membership in the Grand Lodge of Cuba, and concomitant historical events, we identify candidates for describing the growth, then decay and finally growth again of GLC membership. The paper is a technical discussion of the methods.
El Instituto de Estadistica Aplicada y Mejora Continua: una Pagina Web de Libre Acceso
III Congreso Internacional Virtual de Educacion Estadistica/CIVEEST
The Quality, Reliability and Continuous Improvement Institute (QR&CII) is an applied statistics and quality engineering web page, developed as a public service of the Juarez Lincoln Marti (JLM) International Education Project (http://web.cortland.edu/matresearch). The QR&CII publishes and develops materials that contribute to the understanding and study of industrial and applied statistics, for professionals and students interested in this topic. The present paper describes the origin, content and projections of this Web Site, that includes detailed tutorials, Webinars, PowerPoint presentations, peer-reviewed journal articles and final group projects from students of our industrial stats and quality engineering courses, at Syracuse University.
Un Analisis de la Literatura Sobre la Sociedad Civil Cubana
Caribbean Studies/Estudios Caribeños - Universidad de Puerto Rico
La literatura sobre la Sociedad Civil cubana, entre los años 1992 y 2010, es analizada criticamente. Algunos puntos comunes son resaltados; algunas diferencias contrastadas. Conclusiones sobre la funcion de la Sociedad Civil cubana en una posible transicion pacifica en el pais son discutidas.
Estudio del Auge y Declive de la Gran Logia de Cuba: 1945-80
REHMLAC, Univ. de Costa Rica.
A demographic study of the growth and decline of the Grand Lodge of Cuba, during 1945-1980, and possible causes of such movements, is discussed in detail. A second part (1980-2010) will appear in the Proceedings of CEHME, Spain, in Oct./2012.
A Selection of Reliability Statistics Readings
RIAC Web Tutorials START Sheets
This is a collection of over two dozen web tutorials on reliability and industrial statistics, known as RIAC START Sheets. They discuss many reliability and life testing statistical modeling and analysis methods. They are available in the web at: http://web.cortland.edu/romeu/urlstats.html
Estudio de la Percepción que, sobre las Masonerías Autóctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico, sustentan algunos Historiadores Espanoles
Revista LUMEN, GLSPR
The autochthonous Grand Lodges of Cuba and Puerto Rico, in the last third of the XIX Century, have many commonalities: both worked unsuccessfully toward obtaining an autonomic status from Spain, its colonial master. At the end, Cuba went to war with Spain to obtain its independence and the USA intervened, defeating the Spanish fleet in Santiago and Manila, and thence taking over the remnants of the Spanish empire. Several Spanish historians have studied these two Grand Lodges and present similar biased arguments, that portray them as separatist agents of the USA. The present paper develops a historical defense of these two Grand Lodges, and rectifies these biased accusations.
On Political Intolerance and Cuba’s Future: A Spanish Caribbean Approach
Caribbean Studies/University of Puerto Rico
The study of the Civil Society (CS) has, in the last twenty years, become a hot topic. For, its large impact in events of world importance, such as the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, the fall of the Berlin Wall and, more recently, the Awakening of the Muslim countries of North Africa. Such events have been associated with the existence and activity of groups within the CS. And their absence in other countries has been associated with their lack of political change. All this suggests that SC is an important factor in such political evolution. The present paper reviews the literature on the Cuban CS to investigate: (1) how has it been studied and, (2) what is the current state of its health, its composition, and to estimate its capacity to interact within the Cuban society, which has recently started to change. Some researchers have approached the study of Cuban CS as one composed of political dissidents and religious groups, distorting the problem. For, there are other social groups, not necessarily religious or political, that have been ignored, or that have barely been considered, and whose contributions are of great importance to the CS. In our paper we undertake a brief review of the Cuban CS before the 1959 revolution, and of its replacement by a new one, stemming from such revolution. We then perform a critical analysis of several papers on the Cuban CS that have been grouped under three important themes. After such discussion, we derive some conclusions about the current state, as well as about the future of the Cuban CS.
The Grand Lodge of Cuba in the XX Century:a Historical and Statistical Examination
Ars Quatuor Coronatorum; Vol. 127, PP. 217--242
A Demographic study of the Grand Lodge of Cuba (GLC) and its singular relationship with the Cuban government of Fidel Castro, during the second half of the XX Century is examined in detail. Reasons for which the GLC was not dismantled or proscribed, as were the Grand Lodges under Hitler, Stalin, Franco or Mussolini, are examined. Conclusions regarding this singular situation are provided.
Una Propuesta de Estudio Demográfico Piloto para la GLSPR
Revista LUMEN, GLSPR
A proposal for a demographic study of the membership of the Grand Lodge of Puerto Rico (GLSPR), on the lines that the author undertook in 2010 for the Grand Lodge of Cuba, is described in detail. Several examples of demographic analysis, from both Grand Lodges, are presented. A data collection form is advanced.
On the Statistical Education of American Engineers
RIAC Journal; http://www.theriac.org/DeskReference/viewDocument.php?id=370
The shortcomings of statistical education of engineers and ways of dealing with this issue, before, during and after college is treated. A new Academe-government-industry organization is proposed, to coordinate and direct these efforts.
Estudio Demografico del Nuevo Auge de la Gran Logia de Cuba: Periodo de 1980 al 2010.
Actas del Congreso del CEHME/Gibraltar
El articulo estudia como se ha desarrollado la Gran Logia de Cuba (GLC) durante la segunda mitad del Siglo XX, periodo que incluye los gobiernos constitucionales de Grau y Prio, la dictadura de Batista, y la revolucion de 1959. Durante estos periodos la membresia de la GLC ha sufrido grandes variaciones. Se estudian sus causas y se ajusta n modelo estadistico que describe estas variaciones basado en varias componentes y factores sociales.
Estudio Comparativo de las Masonerias Autoctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico
Centro de Estudios Historicos de la Masoneria Espanola (CEHME), Gijon, Espana.
Las masonerías de Cuba y Puerto Rico han sido estudiadas separadamente, tanto por historiadores académicos como masones. Unas veces, como eje central del trabajo, y otras como parte de un estudio sobre obediencias españolas, allí radicadas. El presente trabajo compara las masonerías autóctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico directamente, estableciendo confluencias con la masonería Dominicana. Nuestro trabajo no pretende reproducir la exhaustiva labor ya realizada, sino comparar sus resultados, resaltando las comunidades, y examinando ciertas inconsistencias y contradicciones encontradas, tanto en algunos autores, como entre varios de ellos.
Simulation of Hail Storms Using Simultaneous Efficient Random Number Generators
Handbook of Fitting Statistical Distributions with R (Eds. Z. Karian and E. Dudewicz)
Using simulation methods and Simultaneous Efficient Random Number Generators, a case study in Argentinian Hail Storms is fitted and analyzed. Simulation approximates well the real results.
On how Some European Historians Assess Autochthonous Freemasonry of the Spanish Antilles, during the Second Half of the XIX Century
Ars Quatuour Coronatorum (AQC)
We present a historical analysis of the development of Autochthonous Freemasonry in Spanish Greater Antilles (Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic) during the second half of the XIX Century, and compare it to the perception provided by several Spanish and French academic historians. In the process we point out significant omissions and miss-interpretations made by such European authors, correcting them as necessary, and we develop a statistical model to support our main findings
A Comparative Study of GOF Tests for Multivariate Normality
Journal of Multivariate Analysis
Several Multivariate Normality Goodness of Fit tests, available in the literature, are compared with the authors' new MVN GOF test. Several performance measures are used and the tests are classified on their PM relative results. The new test come ahead in several of the PM analyzed.
Teaching New Quality Applications to the Next Engineering Generation
2018 North East Quality Councils/NEQC Conference
MFE634, Quality Engineering, is a graduate course taught by the author every Spring at Syracuse University. It comprises all topics required to obtain an Amer. Soc. for Quality/ASQ Quality Engineering Certification, emphasizing statistical tools and approaches. The course requires a Final Project developed by student groups, at the end of the semester. This paper presents some of the topics and implementations of such Projects, in the areas of prevention and mitigation of natural and man-made disasters: hurricanes, bush fires, storm surges, floods and terrorist attacks. These are all new applications of Quality Engineering, traditionally geared to analyze problems in industrial and service areas.
Demographic Study of Cuban Blue Lodge masons: Technical Discussion
ESTADÍSTICA, Inter Amer. Stat. Inst./IASI, V. 63, No. 181, pp. 57-75
Using the time series of annual membership in the Grand Lodge of Cuba, and concomitant historical events, we identify candidates for describing the growth, then decay and finally growth again of GLC membership. The paper is a technical discussion of the methods.
El Instituto de Estadistica Aplicada y Mejora Continua: una Pagina Web de Libre Acceso
III Congreso Internacional Virtual de Educacion Estadistica/CIVEEST
The Quality, Reliability and Continuous Improvement Institute (QR&CII) is an applied statistics and quality engineering web page, developed as a public service of the Juarez Lincoln Marti (JLM) International Education Project (http://web.cortland.edu/matresearch). The QR&CII publishes and develops materials that contribute to the understanding and study of industrial and applied statistics, for professionals and students interested in this topic. The present paper describes the origin, content and projections of this Web Site, that includes detailed tutorials, Webinars, PowerPoint presentations, peer-reviewed journal articles and final group projects from students of our industrial stats and quality engineering courses, at Syracuse University.
Un Analisis de la Literatura Sobre la Sociedad Civil Cubana
Caribbean Studies/Estudios Caribeños - Universidad de Puerto Rico
La literatura sobre la Sociedad Civil cubana, entre los años 1992 y 2010, es analizada criticamente. Algunos puntos comunes son resaltados; algunas diferencias contrastadas. Conclusiones sobre la funcion de la Sociedad Civil cubana en una posible transicion pacifica en el pais son discutidas.
Estudio del Auge y Declive de la Gran Logia de Cuba: 1945-80
REHMLAC, Univ. de Costa Rica.
A demographic study of the growth and decline of the Grand Lodge of Cuba, during 1945-1980, and possible causes of such movements, is discussed in detail. A second part (1980-2010) will appear in the Proceedings of CEHME, Spain, in Oct./2012.
A Selection of Reliability Statistics Readings
RIAC Web Tutorials START Sheets
This is a collection of over two dozen web tutorials on reliability and industrial statistics, known as RIAC START Sheets. They discuss many reliability and life testing statistical modeling and analysis methods. They are available in the web at: http://web.cortland.edu/romeu/urlstats.html
Estudio de la Percepción que, sobre las Masonerías Autóctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico, sustentan algunos Historiadores Espanoles
Revista LUMEN, GLSPR
The autochthonous Grand Lodges of Cuba and Puerto Rico, in the last third of the XIX Century, have many commonalities: both worked unsuccessfully toward obtaining an autonomic status from Spain, its colonial master. At the end, Cuba went to war with Spain to obtain its independence and the USA intervened, defeating the Spanish fleet in Santiago and Manila, and thence taking over the remnants of the Spanish empire. Several Spanish historians have studied these two Grand Lodges and present similar biased arguments, that portray them as separatist agents of the USA. The present paper develops a historical defense of these two Grand Lodges, and rectifies these biased accusations.
On Political Intolerance and Cuba’s Future: A Spanish Caribbean Approach
Caribbean Studies/University of Puerto Rico
The study of the Civil Society (CS) has, in the last twenty years, become a hot topic. For, its large impact in events of world importance, such as the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, the fall of the Berlin Wall and, more recently, the Awakening of the Muslim countries of North Africa. Such events have been associated with the existence and activity of groups within the CS. And their absence in other countries has been associated with their lack of political change. All this suggests that SC is an important factor in such political evolution. The present paper reviews the literature on the Cuban CS to investigate: (1) how has it been studied and, (2) what is the current state of its health, its composition, and to estimate its capacity to interact within the Cuban society, which has recently started to change. Some researchers have approached the study of Cuban CS as one composed of political dissidents and religious groups, distorting the problem. For, there are other social groups, not necessarily religious or political, that have been ignored, or that have barely been considered, and whose contributions are of great importance to the CS. In our paper we undertake a brief review of the Cuban CS before the 1959 revolution, and of its replacement by a new one, stemming from such revolution. We then perform a critical analysis of several papers on the Cuban CS that have been grouped under three important themes. After such discussion, we derive some conclusions about the current state, as well as about the future of the Cuban CS.
The Grand Lodge of Cuba in the XX Century:a Historical and Statistical Examination
Ars Quatuor Coronatorum; Vol. 127, PP. 217--242
A Demographic study of the Grand Lodge of Cuba (GLC) and its singular relationship with the Cuban government of Fidel Castro, during the second half of the XX Century is examined in detail. Reasons for which the GLC was not dismantled or proscribed, as were the Grand Lodges under Hitler, Stalin, Franco or Mussolini, are examined. Conclusions regarding this singular situation are provided.
Una Propuesta de Estudio Demográfico Piloto para la GLSPR
Revista LUMEN, GLSPR
A proposal for a demographic study of the membership of the Grand Lodge of Puerto Rico (GLSPR), on the lines that the author undertook in 2010 for the Grand Lodge of Cuba, is described in detail. Several examples of demographic analysis, from both Grand Lodges, are presented. A data collection form is advanced.
On the Statistical Education of American Engineers
RIAC Journal; http://www.theriac.org/DeskReference/viewDocument.php?id=370
The shortcomings of statistical education of engineers and ways of dealing with this issue, before, during and after college is treated. A new Academe-government-industry organization is proposed, to coordinate and direct these efforts.
Estudio Demografico del Nuevo Auge de la Gran Logia de Cuba: Periodo de 1980 al 2010.
Actas del Congreso del CEHME/Gibraltar
El articulo estudia como se ha desarrollado la Gran Logia de Cuba (GLC) durante la segunda mitad del Siglo XX, periodo que incluye los gobiernos constitucionales de Grau y Prio, la dictadura de Batista, y la revolucion de 1959. Durante estos periodos la membresia de la GLC ha sufrido grandes variaciones. Se estudian sus causas y se ajusta n modelo estadistico que describe estas variaciones basado en varias componentes y factores sociales.
Estudio Comparativo de las Masonerias Autoctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico
Centro de Estudios Historicos de la Masoneria Espanola (CEHME), Gijon, Espana.
Las masonerías de Cuba y Puerto Rico han sido estudiadas separadamente, tanto por historiadores académicos como masones. Unas veces, como eje central del trabajo, y otras como parte de un estudio sobre obediencias españolas, allí radicadas. El presente trabajo compara las masonerías autóctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico directamente, estableciendo confluencias con la masonería Dominicana. Nuestro trabajo no pretende reproducir la exhaustiva labor ya realizada, sino comparar sus resultados, resaltando las comunidades, y examinando ciertas inconsistencias y contradicciones encontradas, tanto en algunos autores, como entre varios de ellos.
Simulation of Hail Storms Using Simultaneous Efficient Random Number Generators
Handbook of Fitting Statistical Distributions with R (Eds. Z. Karian and E. Dudewicz)
Using simulation methods and Simultaneous Efficient Random Number Generators, a case study in Argentinian Hail Storms is fitted and analyzed. Simulation approximates well the real results.
On how Some European Historians Assess Autochthonous Freemasonry of the Spanish Antilles, during the Second Half of the XIX Century
Ars Quatuour Coronatorum (AQC)
We present a historical analysis of the development of Autochthonous Freemasonry in Spanish Greater Antilles (Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic) during the second half of the XIX Century, and compare it to the perception provided by several Spanish and French academic historians. In the process we point out significant omissions and miss-interpretations made by such European authors, correcting them as necessary, and we develop a statistical model to support our main findings
A Comparative Study of GOF Tests for Multivariate Normality
Journal of Multivariate Analysis
Several Multivariate Normality Goodness of Fit tests, available in the literature, are compared with the authors' new MVN GOF test. Several performance measures are used and the tests are classified on their PM relative results. The new test come ahead in several of the PM analyzed.
Teaching New Quality Applications to the Next Engineering Generation
2018 North East Quality Councils/NEQC Conference
MFE634, Quality Engineering, is a graduate course taught by the author every Spring at Syracuse University. It comprises all topics required to obtain an Amer. Soc. for Quality/ASQ Quality Engineering Certification, emphasizing statistical tools and approaches. The course requires a Final Project developed by student groups, at the end of the semester. This paper presents some of the topics and implementations of such Projects, in the areas of prevention and mitigation of natural and man-made disasters: hurricanes, bush fires, storm surges, floods and terrorist attacks. These are all new applications of Quality Engineering, traditionally geared to analyze problems in industrial and service areas.
Demographic Study of Cuban Blue Lodge masons: Technical Discussion
ESTADÍSTICA, Inter Amer. Stat. Inst./IASI, V. 63, No. 181, pp. 57-75
Using the time series of annual membership in the Grand Lodge of Cuba, and concomitant historical events, we identify candidates for describing the growth, then decay and finally growth again of GLC membership. The paper is a technical discussion of the methods.
El Instituto de Estadistica Aplicada y Mejora Continua: una Pagina Web de Libre Acceso
III Congreso Internacional Virtual de Educacion Estadistica/CIVEEST
The Quality, Reliability and Continuous Improvement Institute (QR&CII) is an applied statistics and quality engineering web page, developed as a public service of the Juarez Lincoln Marti (JLM) International Education Project (http://web.cortland.edu/matresearch). The QR&CII publishes and develops materials that contribute to the understanding and study of industrial and applied statistics, for professionals and students interested in this topic. The present paper describes the origin, content and projections of this Web Site, that includes detailed tutorials, Webinars, PowerPoint presentations, peer-reviewed journal articles and final group projects from students of our industrial stats and quality engineering courses, at Syracuse University.
Un Analisis de la Literatura Sobre la Sociedad Civil Cubana
Caribbean Studies/Estudios Caribeños - Universidad de Puerto Rico
La literatura sobre la Sociedad Civil cubana, entre los años 1992 y 2010, es analizada criticamente. Algunos puntos comunes son resaltados; algunas diferencias contrastadas. Conclusiones sobre la funcion de la Sociedad Civil cubana en una posible transicion pacifica en el pais son discutidas.
Estudio del Auge y Declive de la Gran Logia de Cuba: 1945-80
REHMLAC, Univ. de Costa Rica.
A demographic study of the growth and decline of the Grand Lodge of Cuba, during 1945-1980, and possible causes of such movements, is discussed in detail. A second part (1980-2010) will appear in the Proceedings of CEHME, Spain, in Oct./2012.
A Selection of Reliability Statistics Readings
RIAC Web Tutorials START Sheets
This is a collection of over two dozen web tutorials on reliability and industrial statistics, known as RIAC START Sheets. They discuss many reliability and life testing statistical modeling and analysis methods. They are available in the web at: http://web.cortland.edu/romeu/urlstats.html
Estudio de la Percepción que, sobre las Masonerías Autóctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico, sustentan algunos Historiadores Espanoles
Revista LUMEN, GLSPR
The autochthonous Grand Lodges of Cuba and Puerto Rico, in the last third of the XIX Century, have many commonalities: both worked unsuccessfully toward obtaining an autonomic status from Spain, its colonial master. At the end, Cuba went to war with Spain to obtain its independence and the USA intervened, defeating the Spanish fleet in Santiago and Manila, and thence taking over the remnants of the Spanish empire. Several Spanish historians have studied these two Grand Lodges and present similar biased arguments, that portray them as separatist agents of the USA. The present paper develops a historical defense of these two Grand Lodges, and rectifies these biased accusations.
On Political Intolerance and Cuba’s Future: A Spanish Caribbean Approach
Caribbean Studies/University of Puerto Rico
The study of the Civil Society (CS) has, in the last twenty years, become a hot topic. For, its large impact in events of world importance, such as the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, the fall of the Berlin Wall and, more recently, the Awakening of the Muslim countries of North Africa. Such events have been associated with the existence and activity of groups within the CS. And their absence in other countries has been associated with their lack of political change. All this suggests that SC is an important factor in such political evolution. The present paper reviews the literature on the Cuban CS to investigate: (1) how has it been studied and, (2) what is the current state of its health, its composition, and to estimate its capacity to interact within the Cuban society, which has recently started to change. Some researchers have approached the study of Cuban CS as one composed of political dissidents and religious groups, distorting the problem. For, there are other social groups, not necessarily religious or political, that have been ignored, or that have barely been considered, and whose contributions are of great importance to the CS. In our paper we undertake a brief review of the Cuban CS before the 1959 revolution, and of its replacement by a new one, stemming from such revolution. We then perform a critical analysis of several papers on the Cuban CS that have been grouped under three important themes. After such discussion, we derive some conclusions about the current state, as well as about the future of the Cuban CS.
The Grand Lodge of Cuba in the XX Century:a Historical and Statistical Examination
Ars Quatuor Coronatorum; Vol. 127, PP. 217--242
A Demographic study of the Grand Lodge of Cuba (GLC) and its singular relationship with the Cuban government of Fidel Castro, during the second half of the XX Century is examined in detail. Reasons for which the GLC was not dismantled or proscribed, as were the Grand Lodges under Hitler, Stalin, Franco or Mussolini, are examined. Conclusions regarding this singular situation are provided.
Una Propuesta de Estudio Demográfico Piloto para la GLSPR
Revista LUMEN, GLSPR
A proposal for a demographic study of the membership of the Grand Lodge of Puerto Rico (GLSPR), on the lines that the author undertook in 2010 for the Grand Lodge of Cuba, is described in detail. Several examples of demographic analysis, from both Grand Lodges, are presented. A data collection form is advanced.
On the Statistical Education of American Engineers
RIAC Journal; http://www.theriac.org/DeskReference/viewDocument.php?id=370
The shortcomings of statistical education of engineers and ways of dealing with this issue, before, during and after college is treated. A new Academe-government-industry organization is proposed, to coordinate and direct these efforts.
Estudio Demografico del Nuevo Auge de la Gran Logia de Cuba: Periodo de 1980 al 2010.
Actas del Congreso del CEHME/Gibraltar
El articulo estudia como se ha desarrollado la Gran Logia de Cuba (GLC) durante la segunda mitad del Siglo XX, periodo que incluye los gobiernos constitucionales de Grau y Prio, la dictadura de Batista, y la revolucion de 1959. Durante estos periodos la membresia de la GLC ha sufrido grandes variaciones. Se estudian sus causas y se ajusta n modelo estadistico que describe estas variaciones basado en varias componentes y factores sociales.
Estudio Comparativo de las Masonerias Autoctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico
Centro de Estudios Historicos de la Masoneria Espanola (CEHME), Gijon, Espana.
Las masonerías de Cuba y Puerto Rico han sido estudiadas separadamente, tanto por historiadores académicos como masones. Unas veces, como eje central del trabajo, y otras como parte de un estudio sobre obediencias españolas, allí radicadas. El presente trabajo compara las masonerías autóctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico directamente, estableciendo confluencias con la masonería Dominicana. Nuestro trabajo no pretende reproducir la exhaustiva labor ya realizada, sino comparar sus resultados, resaltando las comunidades, y examinando ciertas inconsistencias y contradicciones encontradas, tanto en algunos autores, como entre varios de ellos.
Simulation of Hail Storms Using Simultaneous Efficient Random Number Generators
Handbook of Fitting Statistical Distributions with R (Eds. Z. Karian and E. Dudewicz)
Using simulation methods and Simultaneous Efficient Random Number Generators, a case study in Argentinian Hail Storms is fitted and analyzed. Simulation approximates well the real results.
On how Some European Historians Assess Autochthonous Freemasonry of the Spanish Antilles, during the Second Half of the XIX Century
Ars Quatuour Coronatorum (AQC)
We present a historical analysis of the development of Autochthonous Freemasonry in Spanish Greater Antilles (Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic) during the second half of the XIX Century, and compare it to the perception provided by several Spanish and French academic historians. In the process we point out significant omissions and miss-interpretations made by such European authors, correcting them as necessary, and we develop a statistical model to support our main findings
A Comparative Study of GOF Tests for Multivariate Normality
Journal of Multivariate Analysis
Several Multivariate Normality Goodness of Fit tests, available in the literature, are compared with the authors' new MVN GOF test. Several performance measures are used and the tests are classified on their PM relative results. The new test come ahead in several of the PM analyzed.
Teaching New Quality Applications to the Next Engineering Generation
2018 North East Quality Councils/NEQC Conference
MFE634, Quality Engineering, is a graduate course taught by the author every Spring at Syracuse University. It comprises all topics required to obtain an Amer. Soc. for Quality/ASQ Quality Engineering Certification, emphasizing statistical tools and approaches. The course requires a Final Project developed by student groups, at the end of the semester. This paper presents some of the topics and implementations of such Projects, in the areas of prevention and mitigation of natural and man-made disasters: hurricanes, bush fires, storm surges, floods and terrorist attacks. These are all new applications of Quality Engineering, traditionally geared to analyze problems in industrial and service areas.
Demographic Study of Cuban Blue Lodge masons: Technical Discussion
ESTADÍSTICA, Inter Amer. Stat. Inst./IASI, V. 63, No. 181, pp. 57-75
Using the time series of annual membership in the Grand Lodge of Cuba, and concomitant historical events, we identify candidates for describing the growth, then decay and finally growth again of GLC membership. The paper is a technical discussion of the methods.
El Instituto de Estadistica Aplicada y Mejora Continua: una Pagina Web de Libre Acceso
III Congreso Internacional Virtual de Educacion Estadistica/CIVEEST
The Quality, Reliability and Continuous Improvement Institute (QR&CII) is an applied statistics and quality engineering web page, developed as a public service of the Juarez Lincoln Marti (JLM) International Education Project (http://web.cortland.edu/matresearch). The QR&CII publishes and develops materials that contribute to the understanding and study of industrial and applied statistics, for professionals and students interested in this topic. The present paper describes the origin, content and projections of this Web Site, that includes detailed tutorials, Webinars, PowerPoint presentations, peer-reviewed journal articles and final group projects from students of our industrial stats and quality engineering courses, at Syracuse University.
Un Analisis de la Literatura Sobre la Sociedad Civil Cubana
Caribbean Studies/Estudios Caribeños - Universidad de Puerto Rico
La literatura sobre la Sociedad Civil cubana, entre los años 1992 y 2010, es analizada criticamente. Algunos puntos comunes son resaltados; algunas diferencias contrastadas. Conclusiones sobre la funcion de la Sociedad Civil cubana en una posible transicion pacifica en el pais son discutidas.
Estudio del Auge y Declive de la Gran Logia de Cuba: 1945-80
REHMLAC, Univ. de Costa Rica.
A demographic study of the growth and decline of the Grand Lodge of Cuba, during 1945-1980, and possible causes of such movements, is discussed in detail. A second part (1980-2010) will appear in the Proceedings of CEHME, Spain, in Oct./2012.
A Selection of Reliability Statistics Readings
RIAC Web Tutorials START Sheets
This is a collection of over two dozen web tutorials on reliability and industrial statistics, known as RIAC START Sheets. They discuss many reliability and life testing statistical modeling and analysis methods. They are available in the web at: http://web.cortland.edu/romeu/urlstats.html
Estudio de la Percepción que, sobre las Masonerías Autóctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico, sustentan algunos Historiadores Espanoles
Revista LUMEN, GLSPR
The autochthonous Grand Lodges of Cuba and Puerto Rico, in the last third of the XIX Century, have many commonalities: both worked unsuccessfully toward obtaining an autonomic status from Spain, its colonial master. At the end, Cuba went to war with Spain to obtain its independence and the USA intervened, defeating the Spanish fleet in Santiago and Manila, and thence taking over the remnants of the Spanish empire. Several Spanish historians have studied these two Grand Lodges and present similar biased arguments, that portray them as separatist agents of the USA. The present paper develops a historical defense of these two Grand Lodges, and rectifies these biased accusations.
On Political Intolerance and Cuba’s Future: A Spanish Caribbean Approach
Caribbean Studies/University of Puerto Rico
The study of the Civil Society (CS) has, in the last twenty years, become a hot topic. For, its large impact in events of world importance, such as the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, the fall of the Berlin Wall and, more recently, the Awakening of the Muslim countries of North Africa. Such events have been associated with the existence and activity of groups within the CS. And their absence in other countries has been associated with their lack of political change. All this suggests that SC is an important factor in such political evolution. The present paper reviews the literature on the Cuban CS to investigate: (1) how has it been studied and, (2) what is the current state of its health, its composition, and to estimate its capacity to interact within the Cuban society, which has recently started to change. Some researchers have approached the study of Cuban CS as one composed of political dissidents and religious groups, distorting the problem. For, there are other social groups, not necessarily religious or political, that have been ignored, or that have barely been considered, and whose contributions are of great importance to the CS. In our paper we undertake a brief review of the Cuban CS before the 1959 revolution, and of its replacement by a new one, stemming from such revolution. We then perform a critical analysis of several papers on the Cuban CS that have been grouped under three important themes. After such discussion, we derive some conclusions about the current state, as well as about the future of the Cuban CS.
The Grand Lodge of Cuba in the XX Century:a Historical and Statistical Examination
Ars Quatuor Coronatorum; Vol. 127, PP. 217--242
A Demographic study of the Grand Lodge of Cuba (GLC) and its singular relationship with the Cuban government of Fidel Castro, during the second half of the XX Century is examined in detail. Reasons for which the GLC was not dismantled or proscribed, as were the Grand Lodges under Hitler, Stalin, Franco or Mussolini, are examined. Conclusions regarding this singular situation are provided.
Una Propuesta de Estudio Demográfico Piloto para la GLSPR
Revista LUMEN, GLSPR
A proposal for a demographic study of the membership of the Grand Lodge of Puerto Rico (GLSPR), on the lines that the author undertook in 2010 for the Grand Lodge of Cuba, is described in detail. Several examples of demographic analysis, from both Grand Lodges, are presented. A data collection form is advanced.
On the Statistical Education of American Engineers
RIAC Journal; http://www.theriac.org/DeskReference/viewDocument.php?id=370
The shortcomings of statistical education of engineers and ways of dealing with this issue, before, during and after college is treated. A new Academe-government-industry organization is proposed, to coordinate and direct these efforts.
Estudio Demografico del Nuevo Auge de la Gran Logia de Cuba: Periodo de 1980 al 2010.
Actas del Congreso del CEHME/Gibraltar
El articulo estudia como se ha desarrollado la Gran Logia de Cuba (GLC) durante la segunda mitad del Siglo XX, periodo que incluye los gobiernos constitucionales de Grau y Prio, la dictadura de Batista, y la revolucion de 1959. Durante estos periodos la membresia de la GLC ha sufrido grandes variaciones. Se estudian sus causas y se ajusta n modelo estadistico que describe estas variaciones basado en varias componentes y factores sociales.
Estudio Comparativo de las Masonerias Autoctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico
Centro de Estudios Historicos de la Masoneria Espanola (CEHME), Gijon, Espana.
Las masonerías de Cuba y Puerto Rico han sido estudiadas separadamente, tanto por historiadores académicos como masones. Unas veces, como eje central del trabajo, y otras como parte de un estudio sobre obediencias españolas, allí radicadas. El presente trabajo compara las masonerías autóctonas de Cuba y Puerto Rico directamente, estableciendo confluencias con la masonería Dominicana. Nuestro trabajo no pretende reproducir la exhaustiva labor ya realizada, sino comparar sus resultados, resaltando las comunidades, y examinando ciertas inconsistencias y contradicciones encontradas, tanto en algunos autores, como entre varios de ellos.
Simulation of Hail Storms Using Simultaneous Efficient Random Number Generators
Handbook of Fitting Statistical Distributions with R (Eds. Z. Karian and E. Dudewicz)
Using simulation methods and Simultaneous Efficient Random Number Generators, a case study in Argentinian Hail Storms is fitted and analyzed. Simulation approximates well the real results.
On how Some European Historians Assess Autochthonous Freemasonry of the Spanish Antilles, during the Second Half of the XIX Century
Ars Quatuour Coronatorum (AQC)
We present a historical analysis of the development of Autochthonous Freemasonry in Spanish Greater Antilles (Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic) during the second half of the XIX Century, and compare it to the perception provided by several Spanish and French academic historians. In the process we point out significant omissions and miss-interpretations made by such European authors, correcting them as necessary, and we develop a statistical model to support our main findings
A Comparative Study of GOF Tests for Multivariate Normality
Journal of Multivariate Analysis
Several Multivariate Normality Goodness of Fit tests, available in the literature, are compared with the authors' new MVN GOF test. Several performance measures are used and the tests are classified on their PM relative results. The new test come ahead in several of the PM analyzed.
Teaching New Quality Applications to the Next Engineering Generation
2018 North East Quality Councils/NEQC Conference
MFE634, Quality Engineering, is a graduate course taught by the author every Spring at Syracuse University. It comprises all topics required to obtain an Amer. Soc. for Quality/ASQ Quality Engineering Certification, emphasizing statistical tools and approaches. The course requires a Final Project developed by student groups, at the end of the semester. This paper presents some of the topics and implementations of such Projects, in the areas of prevention and mitigation of natural and man-made disasters: hurricanes, bush fires, storm surges, floods and terrorist attacks. These are all new applications of Quality Engineering, traditionally geared to analyze problems in industrial and service areas.
Demographic Study of Cuban Blue Lodge masons: Technical Discussion
ESTADÍSTICA, Inter Amer. Stat. Inst./IASI, V. 63, No. 181, pp. 57-75
Using the time series of annual membership in the Grand Lodge of Cuba, and concomitant historical events, we identify candidates for describing the growth, then decay and finally growth again of GLC membership. The paper is a technical discussion of the methods.
El Instituto de Estadistica Aplicada y Mejora Continua: una Pagina Web de Libre Acceso
III Congreso Internacional Virtual de Educacion Estadistica/CIVEEST
The Quality, Reliability and Continuous Improvement Institute (QR&CII) is an applied statistics and quality engineering web page, developed as a public service of the Juarez Lincoln Marti (JLM) International Education Project (http://web.cortland.edu/matresearch). The QR&CII publishes and develops materials that contribute to the understanding and study of industrial and applied statistics, for professionals and students interested in this topic. The present paper describes the origin, content and projections of this Web Site, that includes detailed tutorials, Webinars, PowerPoint presentations, peer-reviewed journal articles and final group projects from students of our industrial stats and quality engineering courses, at Syracuse University.
Un Analisis de la Literatura Sobre la Sociedad Civil Cubana
Caribbean Studies/Estudios Caribeños - Universidad de Puerto Rico
La literatura sobre la Sociedad Civil cubana, entre los años 1992 y 2010, es analizada criticamente. Algunos puntos comunes son resaltados; algunas diferencias contrastadas. Conclusiones sobre la funcion de la Sociedad Civil cubana en una posible transicion pacifica en el pais son discutidas.
Estudio del Auge y Declive de la Gran Logia de Cuba: 1945-80
REHMLAC, Univ. de Costa Rica.
A demographic study of the growth and decline of the Grand Lodge of Cuba, during 1945-1980, and possible causes of such movements, is discussed in detail. A second part (1980-2010) will appear in the Proceedings of CEHME, Spain, in Oct./2012.
A Selection of Reliability Statistics Readings
RIAC Web Tutorials START Sheets
This is a collection of over two dozen web tutorials on reliability and industrial statistics, known as RIAC START Sheets. They discuss many reliability and life testing statistical modeling and analysis methods. They are available in the web at: http://web.cortland.edu/romeu/urlstats.html
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