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Page 510
The means and variances for the various activities then were used to estimate the
probability of completing the project by a specified time. Unfortunately,
considerable subsequent research has shown that this approach tends to
provide a ...
The means and variances for the various activities then were used to estimate the
probability of completing the project by a specified time. Unfortunately,
considerable subsequent research has shown that this approach tends to
provide a ...
Page 756
The sum of the two prior probabilities must equal 1, so increasing one of these
probabilities automatically decreases the ... In other words, the true prior
probability of having oil is likely to be in the range from 0.15 to 0.35, so the
corresponding ...
The sum of the two prior probabilities must equal 1, so increasing one of these
probabilities automatically decreases the ... In other words, the true prior
probability of having oil is likely to be in the range from 0.15 to 0.35, so the
corresponding ...
Page 813
This implies that the probability of being in state j after 8 weeks is essentially
independent of the initial level of inventory. In other words, it appears that there is
a limiting probability that the system will be in each state j after a large number of
...
This implies that the probability of being in state j after 8 weeks is essentially
independent of the initial level of inventory. In other words, it appears that there is
a limiting probability that the system will be in each state j after a large number of
...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Introduction to Operations Research, Volume 1 Introduction to Operations Research, Frederick S. Hillier McGraw-Hill series in industrial engineering and management science |
| Authors | Frederick S. Hillier, Gerald J. Lieberman |
| Edition | 7, illustrated |
| Publisher | McGraw-Hill, 2001 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 8 Aug 2011 |
| ISBN | 0072416181, 9780072416183 |
| Length | 1214 pages |
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