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This work examines in depth the methodological relationships that probability and statistics have maintained with the … different paradigms and axioms for probability, from their emergence in the seventeenth century up to the most recent … developments of the three major concepts: objective, subjective and logicist probability. It shows the statistical inference they …
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reduction in energy consumption causes violation of service level agreement (SLA). In this article, the concept of probability … probability-based migration scheme achieves energy-performance trade-off whereas the VM placement method shows a very high gain in …
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This paper explores the potential of dynamic statistics software for supporting the early teaching and learning of statistical and probabilistic concepts integrated within the mathematics curriculum. It shares the experiences from a case study that implemented a data-driven approach to...
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Literature on project management contains an abundancy of references to abnormally high project cost overruns as well as bitter complaints that modern risk quantification methods could not accurately predict project cost outcomes in many cases. This article provides a) an explanation of...
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Teaching probability can be challenging because the mathematical formulas often are too abstract and complex for the … example, the game of roulette can be an exciting application for teaching probability concepts. In this paper, we implement a … to gain better insights into the corresponding probability structures. We use the model to simulate a particular betting …
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In terms of risk measurement, probability and quantile risk estimation have developed enormously in the past decade … their risk profile accounting for losses (quantiles) at a given likelihood (probability) and a given time frame (holding … series to model the tail returns, allowing them to examine low-probability (out-of-sample) events for single-period horizons …
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In recent years, college and universities have relied increasingly upon the charitable contributions of its previous graduates; as the costs of tuition rise substantially, development offices are facing the challenge of creating annual fund campaigns that are minimally expensive while providing...
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is expressed as probability of exceedance of continuous streamflow amounts. An exceedance probability forecast is … this generic approach to making an exceedance probability forecast can be used on any predictors and predictands. …
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Recent psychological research has investigated how people assess the probability of an indicative conditional. Most … people give the conditional probability of q given p as the probability of if p then q. Asking about the probability of an …
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The recent recession has led to an ongoing crisis in youth labour markets in Europe. This timely book deals with a number of areas related to the context, choices and experiences of young people, the consequences of which resonate throughout their lives. The focus of the contributions to this...
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