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Showing 1 to 20 of 7449 for “"Probability"”.
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Symmetry and Probability
… lay at the heart of the classical theory of probability. It was by direct appeal to the symmetries exhibited by the processes underlying simple games of chance that the earliest theorists of probability were able to justify the initial assumptions of equiprobability which allowed them to …
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Fiducial probability theory
… which should be associated with a fiducial probability statement. It is shown that, in many cases, fiducial probability has a meaning related to frequency of events. An example is given to illustrate a case where fiducial probability cannot be given such an interpretation. The relationship …
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Floodplain Risk Analysis Using Flood Probability and Annual Exceedance Probability Maps
… approach creates a spatial map that shows the probability of flooding at each point in the floodplain. This flood probability map is a useful tool for visualizing the uncertainty of a floodplain boundary. However, engineers are still required to determine a single line showing the boundary of a …
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Annual Exceedance Probability Analysis
Annual Exceedance Probability (AEP) is the method used by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to determine the probability of flooding caused by the failure of a levee or other flood control structure. This method shows the probability of flooding only at one particular location at a time. In …
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Probability and Fourier Series
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Model theory and probability
… a systematic study of the model theory of probability algebras, random variable structures, and adapted structures, with an emphasis on their atomless counterparts. In this thesis, the author uses a continuous version of first order logic that has been developed recently and that is better …
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Eliciting continuous probability distributions
The process of eliciting a representative probability distribution from a judge is fundamental to decision making under uncertainty. This work summarizes several aspects of eliciting continuous probability distributions. Through experimentation involving 103 judges the method of assessing single …
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On spherical probability distributions
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mathematics, 1941.
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Probability, explanation, and reasoning
… topics are discussed concerning the application probability and explanation to the confirmation of theories. The first concerns the debate over prediction versus accommodation. I argue that we typically have reason to be more confident of a theory given that it was constructed independently of …
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Infinitesimal Probability Theory with Amalgamation
We introduce the notion of operator-valued infinitesimal independence for the free, Boolean, and monotone cases. We show that operator-valued infinitesimal free (respectively Boolean, monotone) independence is equivalent to the operator-valued free (respectively Boolean, monotone) independence over …
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Second-order finite free probability
Finite free probability is a new field lying at the intersection of random matrix theory and non-commutative probability. It is called “finite” because unlike traditional free probability, which takes the perspective of operators on infinite-dimensional vector spaces, finite free probability …
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Probability analysis of slope stability
… factor of safety approach cannot quantify the probability of failure, or level of risk, associated with a particular design situation.;A probabilistic approach to studying geotechnical issues offers a systematic way to treat uncertainties, especially slope stability. In terms of probability, …
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Quantization Dimension for Probability Definitions
… refers to the process of estimating a given probability by a discrete probability supported on a finite set. The quantization dimension Dr of a probability is related to the asymptotic rate at which the expected distance (raised to the rth power) to the support of the quantized version of the …
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Factors affecting tornado hazard probability
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Factors Affecting Probability Matching Behavior
… utility, suboptimal behavior - in particular, probability matching - is frequently observed in research on repeated decisions. Probability matching is the tendency to match prediction probabilities of each outcome with the observed outcome probabilities in a random binary prediction task. For …
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Outage probability at finite SNR
… we present a technique to reduce the outage probability of a single user multiple input multiple output (MIMO) channel when a sub-optimal transceiver architecture is used. We show that in slow-fading scenarios, the outage probability can be improved by using unitary rotations combined with …
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Convergence of empirical probability measures
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mathematics, 1982.
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Four Problems in Probability and Optimization
… studies bootstrap percolation, a problem in probability, as well as several topics in the application of sums of squares to combinatorial optimization. In the chapter on percolation, we bound the critical probability for bootstrap percolation on the Hamming torus, as well as the critical …
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