This study presents a valuable in-depth comparison of statistical methods for the analysis of ecological time series data, and shows that different analyses can generate different conclusions, ...

Calculate Soybean Populations with the Hula Hoop Method While you might think of hula hoops as a game for children they’ve found a new use—helping farmers calculate soybean populations. With no need ...

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A one-tailed test checks whether a sample mean is higher or lower than the population mean. The one-tailed test gets its name from testing the area under one of the tails (sides) of a normal ...

Abstract: To address the logistics problems faced by high-end equipment manufacturers in their two-stage supply chain, this study proposes an optimization strategy for material distribution intervals ...

Oversimplifies trends and ignores real-world disruptions. Can’t predict economic downturns, competitor actions and shifts in customer behavior on its own. Ignores randomness; every forecast will have ...

Abstract: Aiming at the optimization problem of intelligent distribution network, an adaptive optimization model of target grid is proposed in this paper. The model improves the operation efficiency ...

Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, 581 83 Linköping, Sweden State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for ...

Distribution uniformity is expressed as a percentage, and is a relative index of the variability between emitters in an irrigation block. Distribution uniformity is defined as the average discharge of ...

School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Curtin University, Bentley, Perth, WA 6102, Australia Curtin Medical Research Institute, Curtin University, Bentley, Perth, ...