Choosing between Alternative Motor Insurance Policies: A Discrete Choice Experiment by Charles Kwofie, Dieu Donne Yormekpe, Samuel Osei Mensah, Priscilla Botchway

“…Probit model was used in estimating the parameters of the consideration sets of the DCE. …”
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Calculating age-specific prevalence rates of female genital mutilation / cutting (FGM/C) for use as an input variable in extrapolation calculations and as predictors of future prev... by Sean Callaghan

“…Results demonstrate significant differences compared to previous estimates, indicating overestimation of girls at risk of FGM/C in some studies. …”
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Evaluation and Numerical Simulation of Music Education Informationization Based on the Local Linear Regression Method by Jiping Liu

“…First, we introduce the related research on the estimation of mean and covariance function under general weighting. …”
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Online Bayesian Data Fusion in Environment Monitoring Sensor Networks by Yang Dingcheng, Wang Zhenghai, Xiao Lin, Zhang Tiankui

“…Then, discrete time series models are used to estimate the mean value of the physical phenomenon, and the estimation error is modeled as a Gaussian process. …”
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Direction Finding for Bistatic MIMO Radar with Uniform Circular Array by Cao Yunhe, Zhang Zijing, Wang Shenghua, Dai Fengzhou

“…A method of direction of arrival (DOA) and direction of departure (DOD) angle estimation based on polynomial rooting for bistatic multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar with uniform circular array (UCA) configuration is proposed in this paper. …”
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Solar System Motions and the Cosmological Constant: A New Approach by Lorenzo Iorio

“…We use the corrections to the Newton-Einstein secular precessions of the longitudes of perihelia ̇𝜛 of some planets (Mercury, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn) of the Solar System, phenomenologically estimated as solve-for parameters by the Russian astronomer E. …”
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Hybrid Fingerprinting-EKF Based Tracking Schemes for Indoor Passive Localization by Salar Bybordi, Luca Reggiani

“…By taking advantage of latest position estimate got from EKF, a virtual surveillance area (VSA) is defined around the estimate. …”
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A Mixed Prediction Model of Ground Subsidence for Civil Infrastructures on Soft Ground by Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Kiyoyuki Kaito

“…The estimation of ground subsidence processes is an important subject for the asset management of civil infrastructures on soft ground, such as airport facilities. …”
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A Novel Guidance Law for Intercepting a Highly Maneuvering Target by Gang Wu, Ke Zhang

“…At the same time, an adaptive law is designed to compensate the estimation error of the RBF neural network disturbance observer. …”
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The Half-Logistic Generalized Weibull Distribution by Masood Anwar, Amna Bibi

“…The parameters involved in the model are estimated using the method of maximum likelihood estimation. …”
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A Two-Stage Method to Determine Optimal Product Sampling considering Dynamic Potential Market by Zhineng Hu, Wei Lu, Bing Han

“…Finally, the paper provides the operational steps to improve the accuracy of the parameter estimation and an innovational way to estimate the sampling level.…”
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Bounded Control of an Actuated Lower-Limb Exoskeleton by Michael Oluwatosin Ajayi, Karim Djouani, Yskandar Hamam

“…A high gain observer is used in the estimation of the angular position and angular velocities which is then applied to the estimation of the joint torques. …”
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Acquisition of Key Vacuum-Assisted Resin Transfer Molding Parameters through Reverse Scanning for Application in the Manufacturing of Large Fiber-Reinforced-Plastic Products by Guang-Min Luo, Kai-Lin Chen, Chen-Ting Hsu

“…In this study, the GeoDict software and reverse scanning were employed to develop a method for performing rapid porosity and permeability estimation. A comparison of the results from one-dimensional resin flow and Easyperm tests revealed a 10% variation in the porosity and permeability parameters obtained through the proposed rapid estimation method. …”
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Replication, a Hallmark of Good Science: Unraveling the Factors That Predict Replication Success by Grant, Malcolm, Snook, Brent, Button, Cathryn

“…The estimates of true effect sizes were more accurate, aligning closely with the values specified in the simulation, under the same conditions associated with replication success. …”
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A Method to Determine Moment Magnitudes of Large Earthquakes Based on the Long‐Period Coda by Xinyu Jiang, Xiaodong Song

“…Abstract We present a novel and robust method for estimating moment magnitudes (Mw) of large earthquakes with long‐period and long‐lasting coda energy. …”
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The Role of Safety Behaviors in the Pathogensis of Contamination Fear: An Experimental Investigation. by Tamer I. FAWZY

“…The implication of these findings in terms of the effects of safety behaviors on threat estimation, contamination concerns, and attentional processes are discussed. …”
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Modified Modal Pushover Design for Asymmetric-Plan RC Shear-Wall Structures by Mohammad Sadegh Birzhandi, Daniyal Mirzakhani

“…An appropriate hysteretic model (PIVOT model) is selected for the first-mode nonlinear SDOF system so that it estimates the peak and time history displacement response of the roof accurately. …”
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EFFICIENCY MONITORING: AN INSTRUMENT FOR REDUCTION OR AN ENGINE FOR GROWTH? by Sergey G. Prokhorov, Anna A. Svirina, Aleksey I. Chekhonadskikh

“…The paper analyzes indicators used in higher education institution monitoring from the point of view of estimation the goals of monitoring. It is suggested that monitoring results can be efficiently used to define higher education growth engines, and not only to estimate directions of educational institution reduction. …”
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Z Boson Production via p-p and Pb-Pb Collisions at spp=5.02 TeV by Leonard S. Kisslinger, Debasish Das

“…We then estimate the production of Za bosons via Pb-Pb collisions using modification factors from previous publications.…”
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Exponential Stability of Linear Discrete Systems with Multiple Delays by J. Baštinec, H. Demchenko, J. Diblík, D. Ya. Khusainov

“…The paper investigates the exponential stability and exponential estimate of the norms of solutions to a linear system of difference equations with multiple delays xk+1=Axk+∑i=1sBixk-mi, k=0,1,…, where s∈N, A and Bi are square matrices, and mi∈N. …”
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