On Optimal Progressive Censoring Schemes from Models with U-Shaped Hazard Rate: A Comparison between Conventional and Fuzzy Priors by Navid Feroze, Muhammad Noor-ul-Amin, Maryam Sadiq, Md. Moyazzem Hossain

“…We have used conventional and fuzzy priors for the estimation. Further, the symmetric and asymmetric loss functions have been considered for the estimation. …”
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Bias-free policy evaluation in the discrete-time adaptive linear quadratic optimal control in the presence of stochastic disturbances by Vina Putri Virgiani, Natsuki Ishigaki, Shiro Masuda

“…In addition, the study provides a further modification of the Critic parameter estimation that simultaneously estimates the disturbance-influenced term by introducing an extended parameter representation. …”
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Robust strong tracking unscented Kalman filter for non‐linear systems with unknown inputs by Xinghua Liu, Jianwei Guan, Rui Jiang, Xiang Gao, Badong Chen, Shuzhi Sam Ge

“…Finally, based on the unbiased minimum variance estimation, the unbiased state estimation and the error covariance matrix are derived. …”
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Satellite quantification of methane emissions from South American countries: a high-resolution inversion of TROPOMI and GOSAT observations by S. E. Hancock, D. J. Jacob, Z. Chen, H. Nesser, A. Davitt, A. Davitt, D. J. Varon, M. P. Sulprizio, N. Balasus, L. A. Estrada, M. Cazorla, L. Dawidowski, S. Diez, J. D. East, E. Penn, C. A. Randles, C. A. Randles, J. Worden, I. Aben, R. J. Parker, R. J. Parker, J. D. Maasakkers

“…The livestock sector shows the largest difference<span id="page798"/> between our top-down estimate and the UNFCCC prior estimates, and even countries using complex bottom-up methods report UNFCCC emissions significantly lower than our posterior estimate. …”
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Lattice‐based hash‐and‐sign signatures using approximate trapdoor, revisited by Huiwen Jia, Yupu Hu, Chunming Tang

“…The implementation shows that the sizes of the hash‐and‐sign signature scheme can be reduced to 3.67 kB for an estimation of 81.67‐bit security, and 9.97 kB for an estimation of 168.81‐bit security. …”
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Genetic parameters for birth and weaning weight in a herd of Mediterranean buffaloes under tropical conditions by Iván A. Cárdenas, Miguel A. Chacón

“… The objectives of the present study were to estimate variance components and genetic parameters for birth weight (BW) and weaning weight (WW). …”
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The reproduction number $R_t$ in structured and nonstructured populations by Tom Burr, Gerardo Chowell

“…Using daily counts of newly infected individuals, Wallinga and Teunis (WT) introduced aconceptually simple method to estimate the number of secondary cases per primary case ($R_t$)for a given day. …”
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Evaluation of Calibration Method for Field Application of UAV-Based Soil Water Content Prediction Equation by Donggeun Kim, Younghwan Son, Jaesung Park, Taejin Kim, Jihun Jeon

“…We developed a water content estimation equation using the color of the soil and suggested a calibration method for field application. …”
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Data-Driven Decision Support to Guide Sustainable Grazing Management by Matthew C. Reeves, Joseph Swisher, Michael Krebs, Kelly Warnke, Brice B. Hanberry, Tip Hudson, Sonia A. Hall

“…Data-driven decision support can help guide sustainable grazing management by providing an accurate estimate of grazing capacity, in coproduction with managers. …”
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Dealing with data gaps for TianQin with massive black hole binary signal by Lu Wang, Hong-Yu Chen, Xiangyu Lyu, En-Kun Li, Yi-Ming Hu

“…It could introduce bias in the estimate of noise properties, and the results of the parameter estimation. …”
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Genetic parameters and parental and early-life effects of boar semen traits by Pedro Sá, Rodrigo M. Godinho, Marta Gòdia, Claudia A. Sevillano, Barbara Harlizius, Ole Madsen, Henk Bovenhuis

“…Abstract Background The objectives of this study were to estimate genetic parameters and studying the influence of early-life and parental factors on the semen traits of boars. …”
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La longévité des nids, un paramètre essentiel pour la détermination de la taille des populations de grands singes : Cas de bonobos dans la Réserve de Faune de Lomako-Yokokala en Ré... by Valentin Omasombo Wotoko, Aurélien Besnard, Claude Miaud, Jean Malekani, Julien Punga

“…Les estimations des densités de grands singes dans la nature ne sont généralement possibles que par des méthodes indirectes. …”
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Robust Mean Change-Point Detecting through Laplace Linear Regression Using EM Algorithm by Fengkai Yang

“…We proposed a robust mean change-point estimation algorithm in linear regression with the assumption that the errors follow the Laplace distribution. …”
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Large Time Behavior for Weak Solutions of the 3D Globally Modified Navier-Stokes Equations by Junbai Ren

“…With the aid of energy methods and auxiliary decay estimates together with Lp-Lq estimates of heat semigroup, we derive the optimal upper and lower decay estimates of the weak solutions for the globally modified Navier-Stokes equations as C1(1+t)-3/4≤uL2≤C2(1+t)-3/4,  t>1. …”
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Application to Biomedical Data: Using the Topp Leone Inverse Lindley Model by Maha A. Aldahlan

“…The maximum likelihood (ML) estimation method is used to estimate the parameters of the distribution. …”
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Cost of Production for Processed Oranges in Central Florida (Ridge), 2014/15 by Ariel Singerman

“…The cost estimates in this 4-page fact sheet do not represent any individual operation. …”
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Cost of Production for Processed Oranges in Central Florida (Ridge), 2014/15 by Ariel Singerman

“…The cost estimates in this 4-page fact sheet do not represent any individual operation. …”
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Linear Methods for Analysis and Quality Control of Relative Expression Ratios from Quantitative Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Experiments by Robert B. Page, Arnold J. Stromberg

“…Relative expression quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) experiments are a common means of estimating transcript abundances across biological groups and experimental treatments. …”
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Tighter bounds on the Gaussian Q-function based on wild horse optimization algorithm by Reza Etesami, Mohsen Madadi

“…Furthermore, the study evaluates the effectiveness of the proposed bounds in estimating the symbol error probability (SEP) for various digital modulation schemes, showing that the new bounds provide more accurate estimates of the SEP compared to the existing bounds. …”
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Deep soil contributions to global nitrogen budgets by Maya Almaraz, Chao Wang, Michelle Y. Wong

“…Using a random forest machine learning approach we estimate a total deep soil nitrate pool of 15.2 ( ± 1.1 SD) Pg of N. …”
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