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678
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427

Overview

Robert A. Pollak is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains including engineering and social sciences, focusing on areas such as demography, general health professions, mechanical engineering, control and systems engineering, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's recent publications investigate diverse topics, reflecting a broad interdisciplinary approach. Notable papers include:

  • On-line anomaly detection with advanced independent component analysis of multi-variate residual signals from causal relation networks (2020) - Information Sciences
  • The life expectancy of older couples and surviving spouses (2021) - PLoS ONE
  • Prediction and Explanation Models for Hot Metal Temperature, Silicon Concentration, and Cooling Capacity in Ironmaking Blast Furnaces (2021) - steel research international
  • A soft-computing framework for automated optimization of multiple product quality criteria with application to micro-fluidic chip production (2020) - Applied Soft Computing
  • Unequal bequests (2023) - European Economic Review

Frequent collaborators in their work include Edwin Lughofer, Janice Compton, Alexandru-Ciprian Zăvoianu, Christian Eitzinger, and Thomas Radauer. This network contributes to research addressing a range of scientific challenges.

The scientist has contributed multiple papers to well-known publication venues such as SSRN Electronic Journal, PLoS ONE, steel research international, Information Sciences, and European Economic Review.

Key research topics covered by their publications include:

  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Fault Detection and Control Systems
  • Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management
  • Retirement, Disability, and Employment
  • Iron and Steelmaking Processes
  • Mineral Processing and Grinding
  • Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications

Overall, their work merges technical engineering analyses with social science perspectives, focusing on both health and industrial applications. The combination of control systems, demographic studies, and material processing illustrates the interdisciplinary nature of their research contributions.

Best Publications

  • Separate Spheres Bargaining and the Marriage Market

    Shelly Lundberg;Robert Pollak

  • Separate Spheres Bargaining and the Marriage Market

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  • Bargaining and Distribution in Marriage

    Shelly Lundberg;Robert A. Pollak

  • On Second-Best National Saving and Game-Equilibrium Growth

    E. S. Phelps;R. A. Pollak

  • A Transaction Cost Approach to Families and Households

    Robert A Pollak

  • Habit Formation and Dynamic Demand Functions

    Robert A. Pollak

  • The Relevance of the Household Production Function and Its Implications for the Allocation of Time

    Robert A. Pollak;Michael L. Wachter

  • Demographic variables in demand analysis

    Robert A. Pollak;Terence J. Wales

  • Parental Preferences and Provision for Progeny

    Jere R. Behrman;Robert A. Pollak;Paul Taubman

  • Welfare Comparisons and Equivalence Scales

    Robert A Pollak;Terence J Wales

  • Demand System Specification and Estimation

    Robert A. Pollak;Terence Wales

  • Noncooperative bargaining models of marriage

    Shelly Lundberg;Robert A. Pollak

  • ESTIMATION OF THE LINEAR EXPENDITURE SYSTEM

    Robert A. Pollak;Terence J. Wales

  • Conditional Demand Functions and Consumption Theory

    Robert A. Pollak

  • Estimation of Complete Demand Systems from Household Budget Data: The Linear and Quadratic Expenditure Systems

    Robert A. Pollak;Terence J. Wales

  • The Theory of the Cost-of-Living Index

    Robert A. Pollak

  • Efficiency in Marriage

    Shelly Lundberg;Robert A. Pollak

  • Family Inequality: Diverging Patterns in Marriage, Cohabitation, and Childbearing.

    Shelly Lundberg;Robert A Pollak;Jenna E Stearns

  • Additive Utility Functions and Linear Engel Curves

    Robert A. Pollak

  • The American Family and Family Economics

    Shelly Lundberg;Robert Pollak

  • Family proximity, childcare, and women’s labor force attachment

    Janice Compton;Robert A. Pollak

Frequent Co-Authors

Shelly J. Lundberg
Shelly J. Lundberg University of California, Santa Barbara
Jere R. Behrman
Jere R. Behrman University of Pennsylvania
Paul Taubman
Paul Taubman University of Pennsylvania
Mardge H. Cohen
Mardge H. Cohen Rush University
Robin C. Sickles
Robin C. Sickles Rice University
Susan Cotts Watkins
Susan Cotts Watkins University of California, Los Angeles
Richard A. Easterlin
Richard A. Easterlin University of Southern California
Edmund S. Phelps
Edmund S. Phelps Columbia University

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