A Novel TODIM with Probabilistic Hesitant Fuzzy Information and Its Application in Green Supplier Selection by Xiaoli Tian, Meiling Niu, Jiangshui Ma, Zeshui Xu

“…However, in the classical TODIM, the perceived probability weighting function and the difference of the risk attitudes for gains and losses are not consistent with the original idea of PT. …”
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Intergenerational Transfers of Infant Mortality in 19th-Century Northern Sweden by Göran Broström, Sören Edvinsson, Elisabeth Engberg

“…The analysis shows a clear association between infant mortality among mothers and grandmothers. The probability of an infant death for a woman is increased if her mother also had experienced an infant death. …”
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DOA Estimation for Sources with Large Power Differences by Qingyuan Fang, Mengzhe Jin, Weidong Liu, Yong Han

“…Numerical results indicate that the improved algorithm increases the probability of resolution while maintaining the estimation accuracy and computational complexity.…”
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High resolution ultrasonography in the localization of non[1]palpable testes in children under two years of age by Muhammad Faisal

“…There was no study done in the past exclusively using high resolution ultrasound in boys under two years of age? Methodology:-Non-probability consecutive sampling technique was used to collect data in boys with nonpalpable testes. …”
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Esthetic Rehabilitation of Anterior Teeth with Copy-Milled Restorations: A Report of Two Cases by Sapna Rani, Jyoti Devi, Chandan Jain, Parul Mutneja, Mahesh Verma

“…Digitalization has become part and parcel of contemporary prosthodontics with the probability of most of the procedures being based on the digital techniques in the near future. …”
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Accessibility of Medical Facilities in Multiple Traffic Modes: A Study in Guangzhou, China by Juhua Wu, Zeqian Cai, Honglei Li

“…Measuring and predicting access to social services can help to adjust and better accommodate underserved regions. 3SFCA modes based on the Gaussian function are proposed to delineate the service area of providers delivering social services and produce a probability metric that maps the equity of the medical services in multiple traffic modes. …”
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A Methodical Approach to Design and Valuation of Weather Derivatives in Agriculture by Jindrich Spicka, Jiri Hnilica

“…With the bootstrap tool, the burn analysis is considered as useful tool for estimating uncertainty about the payoff, option price, and statistics of probability distribution of revenues. The results show that the spatial and production basis risks reduce the efficiency of the weather derivatives. …”
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Historical Feature Pattern Extraction Based Network Attack Situation Sensing Algorithm by Yong Zeng, Dacheng Liu, Zhou Lei

“…Then it calculates the probability that a certain effect reappears according to the current indication and makes a prediction after weighting. …”
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An Interference Avoidance Method of Wireless Body Area Network Based on Chinese Medical Band by Weixia Zou, Chao Guo, Fengyuan Kang, Chunqing Zhang

“…The scheme proposed in this thesis is proved to be superior by simulation from either the interference probability or packet loss rate. Apart from that, the interference detection threshold that can satisfy the least communication demand is calculated for every Type B, C channel by simulation and convenient for referring to.…”
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Calculations for a BWR Lattice with Adjacent Gadolinium Pins Using the Monte Carlo Cell Code Serpent v.1.1.7 by Diego Ferraro, Eduardo Villarino

“…In the present work the VTT recently developed Serpent v.1.1.7 cell-oriented neutronic calculation code is used to perform cell calculations of a theoretical BWR lattice benchmark with burnable poisons, and the main results are compared to reported ones and with calculations performed with Condor v.2.61, the INVAP's neutronic collision probability cell code.…”
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Evaluating the Dynamic Response of the Bridge-Vehicle System considering Random Road Roughness Based on the Moment Method by Fan Feng, Fanglin Huang, Weibin Wen, Zhe Liu, Xiang Liu

“…Thereafter, the random process of road roughness was expressed by Karhunen–Loeve expansion (KLE), after which the moment method was used to calculate the maximum probability value of the BVI system response. The proposed method has higher accuracy and efficiency than the Monte Carlo simulation (MCS) calculation method. …”
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Mechanism Analysis of a Low-Frequency Disc Brake Squeal Based on an Energy Feed-In Method for a Dual Coupling Subsystem by Yidong Wu

“…In addition, the difference in feed-in energy between the two coupling subsystems is positively correlated with the probability of the brake squeal, which can be used to determine the complex mode under which the brake squeal may occur. …”
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Bayesian and Frequentist Estimation of Stress-Strength Reliability from a New Extended Burr XII Distribution by Varun Agiwal, Shikhar Tyagi, Christophe Chesneau

“…Among its interesting functionalities, it exhibits possibly decreasing and unimodal probability density and hazard rate functions. We examine its quantile function, stochastic dominance, ordinary moments, weighted moments, incomplete moments, and stress-strength reliability cofficient. …”
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Improved 2D Discrete Hyperchaos Mapping with Complex Behaviour and Algebraic Structure for Strong S-Boxes Generation by Musheer Ahmad, Eesa Al-Solami

“…The standard set of performance parameters such as nonlinearity, strict avalanche criterion, bits independent criterion, differential uniformity, and linear approximation probability is quantified to assess the security and robustness of proposed S-box. …”
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Discrete Bat Algorithm for Optimal Problem of Permutation Flow Shop Scheduling by Qifang Luo, Yongquan Zhou, Jian Xie, Mingzhi Ma, Liangliang Li

“…Secondly, some subsequences are operated with certain probability in the pulse emission and loudness phases. …”
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Reliability Evaluation of Pavement Life-Cycle Assessment Model by Jiale Huang, Fei Xiao, Yang Zhang

“…The former was captured by converting the deterministic value to probability density function using beta distribution according to the evaluation matrix of data quality; the latter was assessed by prescribing variation interval through defining uncertainty factor. …”
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A New Efficient Ordering Scheme for Sphere Detection by Cao Haiyan, Li Jun

“…A new ordering scheme for sphere detection is presented in this paper, which is based on SIC (serial interference canceling) and the gradient defined by the accumulated probability of the absolute difference between symbol element and the zero-forcing solution. …”
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How to Assess Whether Qualified Evaluations of e-Government Projects Are Conducted? The Case of Slovenia by Jože Benčina, Tina Jukić

“…Employing a binomial test and Fisher’s combined probability test it was established that in Slovenian public administration qualified evaluations of e-government projects were not being conducted. …”
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Enhancing Scalability of Quantum Eigenvalue Transformation of Unitary Matrices for Ground State Preparation through Adaptive Finer Filtering by Erenay Karacan, Yanbin Chen, Christian B. Mendl

“…By combining our proposed algorithm with state-of-the-art phase estimation methods, we achieved good approximations for the ground state energy with local, two-qubit gate depolarizing probability up to $10^{-4}$. To demonstrate the key results in this work, we ran simulations with the transverse-field Ising Model on classical computers using $\texttt{Qiskit}$. …”
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Backup Sourcing Decisions for Coping with Supply Disruptions under Long-Term Horizons by Jing Hou, Lijun Sun

“…The effects of three risk parameters, disruption probability, contingent capacity or uncertainty, and backup flexibility, are examined using comparative studies and numerical computations. …”
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