... extensively in recent years to deal with such problems of reliability and life-testing is the Weibull distribution introduced by Weibull(1939), who ... ...Weibull distribution has been done since 1970. An experimenter involved in life-testing experiments becomes quite familiar with failure data and henc... ...O, J. H. K. (1959) : A Graphical Estimation of Mixed Weibull parameters in Life-testing Electron Tubes, Technometrics, 1, 389-407. LIEBLEIN, J. and ... ...9-645. MANN, N. R. (1968 A) : Results on Statistical Estimation and Hypothesis Testing with Application to the Weibull and Extreme Value Distributio... ...tatistical Review, 63, 2, 121-147. John, S. (1969): On multivariate ratio and product estimators. Biometrika, 533-536. Manisha and Singh, R.K. (20... ...ethod of estimation, Sankhya, C, 39, 185-197. Reddy, V.N. (1973): On ratio and product methods of estimation. Sankhya, B, 35, 307-316. Salabh (1997... ...5. Sahai, A., Chander, R. and Mathur, A.K. (1980): An alternative multivariate product estimator. Jour. Ind. Soc. Agril. Statist., 32, 2, 6-12. Sah... ...n. Cal. Statist. Assoc. Bull., 15, 127-134. Singh, M. P. (1967): Multivariate product method of estimation for finite population. Jour. Ind. Soc. Ag... ...tate University Press, USA. Tuteja, R.K. and Bahl, Shashi (1991): Multivariate product estimators. Cal. Statist. Assoc. Bull., 42, 109- 115. Tankou,...

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... an offence against Nature. But there is no denying that in both cases, no finished product was eliminated. Naturally, this becomes less and less so... ...rding to modern thinking, does not REALLY exist). We feel that the criticism is the product not of the process of comparison - but of these ideal Id... ...n. Naturally, we will be inclined to regard it as the source, rather than as the by-product, or as the finished product (let alone as the raw materi... ...n" (in short : close connection) between the "excretions", "output", "spin-offs", "products" of the human mind and the human mind itself - is a key... ... and generally: about the origin by any of the derivatives, inheritors, successors, products and similes thereof. This general contention is especi... ...ent" activities require abstract thinking (classification, theorizing, predicting, testing, etc.). The relationship is very much like the one that ... ... to the brain. In a way, dreams are about the constant generation, construction and testing of theories regarding the dreamer and his ever-changing ... ...recisely constitutes their subject matter. Is economics about the construction and testing of models in accordance with certain basic assumptions? ... ...t generate a sufficient number of hypotheses, which can be subjected to scientific testing. This has to do with the fabulous (i.e., storytelling) n...

...s. The inference mechanism (endowed with rules of transformation or rules of production) in neutrosophy should be non-monotonic and should compris... ...?I 2 , F 1 0F 1 ?F 2 ) c A \ B, because A \ B = A 3 C(B). 3.6.5 Cartesian Product: If x( T 1 , I 1 , F 1 ) c A, y( T', I', F' ) c B, then (... ...al case (when ) because the post normalization constant is always equal to the product of the two pre normalization constants and . 4.4.2 Justifica... ...aw, probability distributions, neutrosophic probability Introduction: 1. Testing for manipulation in a set of accounting data. Kumar and Bhatt... ...ccountant. In this paper, we have only posit that a combination of statistical testing of audit samples based on Benford’s law combined with a neutr... ...attributes of existence, are not a purpose but a means, which ensures creating products of rationality through Being. The products of rationality – ... ...plittable rational entities, which are in turn destined to create new rational products. While the Heideggerian dasein sees death as a fatality whi...

...ing the Appendix) is a work of fiction. Names, characters and events are a product of the author’s imagination and any similarity to actual persons, l... ... into his. “I know , babe.” He lifted her t-shirt and fondled her breasts, testing her reaction, and when she did not object, he removed her jeans and... ...nd got in beside him. He looked much happier now. Roger drove to the park, testing the radio, and fingering the soft material on the seats. They sat i... ...at expectations for this book, which is why I’ve been told to expedite its production. You’ll have to wait for the contract though. That is prepared i... ...they were not allowed on the couch. Lately, though, it was as if they were testing her, letting her know they didn’t approve of all the attention she ... ...Dr. Sanderson,” said John Chu as they left the office. They had finished a productive meeting with Richard Jones’s team. “Thank you. See you tomorrow,...

...ut property rights. “The general rule of law is, that the no- blest of human productions—knowledge, truths ascertained, conceptions, and ideas—become,... ...etunias for the People!” Instead, the decision about how to deploy society’s productive resources is be- ing made “automatically,” cybernetically even... ... growing them and bringing them to market. Consumer desires are satisfied and productive resources are allocated efficiently. It’s a tour de force. Of c... ...s “worth more” than the lives of the tropical world’s poor. But for a lot of products, in a lot of areas, the market works— and that is a fact not to ... ...e same is true for the drug company that invests millions in screen- ing and testing various drug candidates and ends up with a new antibiotic that is... ...which can be copied for pennies. Who will invest the money, knowing that any product can be undercut by copies that don’t have to pay the research cos... ...Strong Patents’ Beneficial to Innovative Activities? Lessons from the Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer Controversies,” Industrial and Corporate Change...

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