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51Entropy in thermodynamics and information theory — There are close parallels between the mathematical expressions for the thermodynamic entropy, usually denoted by S , of a physical system in the statistical thermodynamics established by Ludwig Boltzmann and J. Willard Gibbs in the 1870s; and the …
52Risk — takers redirects here. For the Canadian television program, see Risk Takers. For other uses, see Risk (disambiguation). Risk is the potential that a chosen action or activity (including the choice of inaction) will lead to a loss (an undesirable… …
53Prior probability — Bayesian statistics Theory Bayesian probability Probability interpretations Bayes theorem Bayes rule · Bayes factor Bayesian inference Bayesian network Prior · Posterior · Likelihood …
54Applied information economics — (AIE) is a decision analysis method developed by Douglas W. Hubbard and partially described in his book How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business [D. Hubbard, How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles… …
55doubt — I (indecision) noun ambiguity, anxiety, apprehension, apprehensiveness, confusion, dubitatio, dubito, faltering, feeling of uncertainty, hesitancy, improbability, inability to decide, incertitude, indefiniteness, indeterminateness,… …
56Bibliography — INTRODUCTION The number of books dedicated to the late Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and its successor state, the Russian Federation, is virtually incalculable. This surfeit is due to a number of factors: Russia’s geographic size and …
57doubt — /daʊt / (say dowt) verb (t) 1. to be uncertain in opinion about; hold questionable; hesitate to believe. 2. to distrust. 3. Archaic to fear; suspect. –verb (i) 4. to feel uncertainty as to something; be undecided in opinion or belief. –noun 5.… …
58Anglo-German Naval Agreement — Infobox Treaty name = Anglo German Naval Agreement (A.G.N.A) long name = Exchange of Notes between His Majesty s Government in the United Kingdom and the German Government regrading the Limition of Naval Armaments type = Naval limitation… …
59doubt — doubtable, adj. doubtably, adv. doubter, n. doubtingly, adv. doubtingness, n. /dowt/, v.t. 1. to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe. 2. to distrust. 3. Archaic. to fear; be apprehensive about. v.i. 4 …
60quandary — noun /ˈkwɑːn.dərɪ/ a) A state of not knowing what to decide; a state of difficulty or perplexity; a state of uncertainty, hesitation or puzzlement; a pickle; a predicament. To quote the oracle of Delphi, / Love thou thy neighbor as thyself, aye,… …
