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Best-Estimate Transient Analyses for the Salem PWR Plant
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Comparison of conservative and best estimate heat transfer packages with COBRA-IV-I.
Thesis. 1978. Nucl.E.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Nuclear Engineering.
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Comparison of computer models in forecasting hotel and motel guestroom supply
… having optimal forecasting capabilities; The 'best estimate' guestroom supply projections for Las Vegas for 1991 to 2000 were generated by PLAN.(UNFORMATTED TABLE OR EQUATION FOLLOWS){dollar}{dollar}\vbox{\halign{\hfil#\hfil&&\quad\hfil#\hfil\cr &{dollar}\underline {\rm …
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Estimating the risks in defined benefit pension funds under the constraints of PF117
… for defined benefit pension funds to be on a best-estimate basis. Allowance for prudence was to be made through explicit contingency reserves, in order to increase reporting transparency. These reserves for prudence, however, were not permitted to put the fund into deficit (the no-deficit …
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Sensitivity analysis with simulated data errors : synthetic extinct generations method
… In addition, the study determines the pattern of estimates of 4sfi15 per set of combinations, the combination that results in the best estimate of 45q15 per scenario and per combination of scenarios and the best combination that result in best estimate of 4sfi15 across all 23 error scenarios. The …
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Factors Governing Cloud Growth and Entrainment Rates in Shallow Cumulus and Cumulus Congestus During GoAmazon 2014/2015
… used to constrain an entraining plume model to estimate bulk entrainment rates. A new and improved best-estimate of cloud-top height is obtained from a combination of vertically-pointing W-band ARM cloud radar (WACR) and 1290-MHz Radar Wind Profiler (RWP) observations. A combination of …
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Regional wage inequality in the United States furniture industry
… type; however, region provides the single best estimate of wages. Dividing the sample into South and non-South subsamples and constructing separate regression models increased the predictive power of the models in the non-South, but failed to predict wage rates in the South.
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Nuclear power plant performance assessment pertaining to plant aging in France and the United States
… methods, which implement a hybrid of best-estimate and conservative modeling, by increasing the use of risk-based modeling justification in order to allow for the development of a more logically consistent analysis. The second objective is addressed through the development of a new …
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The economics of alternative fuel cycles on sodium-cooled fast reactors and uncertainty and sensitivity analysis of cost estimates
… data for capital account costs, the point estimate and the contingency. After evaluating several alternative uncertainty models, a reasonable model was created by assuming the capital account costs to be lognormal distributions and assigning the point estimate as the 10th percentile and the …
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Uncertainty quantification for safety verification applications in nuclear power plants
… replace the conservative calculations by best estimate calculations augmented by quantitative uncertainty analysis methods. This has been necessitated by recent regulatory requirements that have permitted the use of such methods in reactor safety analysis. Stochastic uncertainty …
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Doing your best (while making do with less) : the actual value conception of instrumental rationality
… align your preferences over your options to your best estimates of how the actual values of those options compare. Less roughly: for any options, q and 0, you are instrumentally rational if and only if you prefer q to / when, and only when, your best estimate of the extent to which O's actual …
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Reservoir yield estimates with consideration of uncertainty in used data in Illinois
Reservoir yield estimates are necessary and required for better water supply to communities especially during a severe drought. This study provides a framework to estimate reservoir yields with consideration of associated uncertainties in used data. Errors exist in inflow, reservoir capacity, …
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Determinação de vazões extremas a partir de séries parciais ou máximos anuais
… Series (peaks over a treshold methods, POT) to estimate flood peaks with very high return periods. Initially, the mean daily flow records of 29 gauging stations of the Rio Doce basin are used as a tool to verify the major assumptions of the POT methods. After that, the elementary properties of …
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Spatial ecology of the smooth softshell turtle (Apalone mutica) in the Kaskaskia River of Illinois
… variables influencing movement rate (m/day), the best estimate of home range size (ha) and variables influencing home range size, and habitat preference at varying spatial scales. I radio-equipped 40 A. mutica and collected location, environmental, and habitat data at every radio-location. …
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Population Cross-Validity Estimation and Adjustment for Direct Range Restriction: A Monte Carlo Investigation of Procedural Sequences to Achieve Optimal Cross-Validity
… overestimation adjustment formula yielded the best estimate of population parameters over a number of conditions. Additionally, similar methods were employed to assess the effectiveness of the standard ΔR2F-test for determining, based on characteristics of the derivation sample, the comparative …
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Cheias: análise de frequências e regionalização de quantis
… within this work is to selecting a mehod that best estimate future flood flow frequencies. By the way, many probability distributions, usually applied in flood frequency analysis, combined with differents parameters estimation methods have been considered. ln order to evaluate the goodness of …
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Empirical analysis and forecasting of yield curves
… we focus on term structure models. An accurate estimate of the current term structure of interest rates plays an important role in many areas of finance. In addition, it is important to forecast the futures term structure. Therefore, a lot of research work is devoted to determining how to best …
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A hierarchical Bayesian calibration framework for quantifying input uncertainties in thermal-hydraulics simulation models
In the framework of Best Estimate plus Uncertainty (BEPU) methodology, the uncertainties involved in simulations must be quantified to prove that the investigated design is reasonable and acceptable. The predictive uncertainties are usually calculated by propagating input uncertainties through the …
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CP-violation in cascade decays at the LHC
… In addition, we use Monte Carlo simulations to estimate the sensitivity of the LHC to the CP-violating observables. Due to large boosts that dilute the asymmetries, these can be difficult to observe at the LHC. However, if all particle masses in a cascade decay are known, it may be possible to …
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The Application of On-line Estimation to a Double Effect Evaporator
… and model predictions can be combined to give a 'best' estimate of the process state. One such technique is the minimum variance recursive estimator or Kalman filter. This research is primarily an on-line application of the Kalman filter to the estimation of the temperatures, flows and overall …
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