The addition rule for probabilities determines the chance of either mutually exclusive or overlapping events happening, using ...

When an estate includes tangible personal property such as artwork, collectibles, or family heirlooms, dividing these items equally among several beneficiaries can be particularly challenging because ...

Interest Rate Probability Distributions Implied by Derivatives Prices is a daily measure of the distribution of future short-term interest rates, calculated from prices of fixed-income derivatives ...

It was October 2004, and I'd been using Red Hat Linux (way before it became Fedora) for years. I was fairly certain that would be my distribution until the world ended. I'd become comfortable with Red ...

Abstract: Advanced industries such as wind turbines aim for condition-based maintenance (CBM) to enhance system availability and reach higher revenue. Hence, decision making plays an essential role in ...

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Choice is one of the greatest things about Linux. You get to choose which version of the open-source operating system you use, what desktop environment you want, how ...

Abstract: Genetic sequence identification from electrical characterization of single molecules has emerged as a promising alternative to traditional approaches. Since electrical data on single ...

The nonnormality of temperature probability distributions and the physics that drive it are important due to their relationships to the frequency of extreme warm and cold events. Here we use a ...

The hazard produced by natural phenomena on infrastructure and urban populations has been widely studied in the last 50 years. Researchers have recognised that the real danger posed by these phenomena ...