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51Analysis of variance — In statistics, analysis of variance (ANOVA) is a collection of statistical models, and their associated procedures, in which the observed variance in a particular variable is partitioned into components attributable to different sources of… …
52Verbal Behavior (book) — Verbal Behavior is a 1957 book by psychologist B. F. Skinner, in which he analyzes human behavior, encompassing what is traditionally called language, linguistics, or speech. [Citation first=Mecca |last=Chiesa title=Radical Behaviorism: The… …
53Ceiling fan — A ceiling fan is a fan, usually electrically powered, suspended from the ceiling of a room, that uses hub mounted rotating paddles to circulate air. Casablanca Fan Co. ceiling fan from the early 1980s. A ceiling fan rotates much mo …
54Components of jet engines — Diagram of a typical gas turbine jet engine. Air is compressed by the fan blades as it enters the engine, and it is mixed and burned with fuel in the combustion section. The hot exhaust gases provide forward thrust and turn the turbines which… …
55Partial correlation — In probability theory and statistics, partial correlation measures the degree of association between two random variables, with the effect of a set of controlling random variables removed. Contents 1 Formal definition 2 Computation 2.1 Using… …
56Automatic transmission — An automatic transmission (commonly AT or Auto ) is an automobile gearbox that can change gear ratios automatically as the vehicle moves, freeing the driver from having to shift gears manually. Similar but larger devices are also used for heavy… …
57Jean-Pierre Petit — (b. 5 April 1937) is a French scientist, senior researcher at National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), now retired. His main working fields are fluid mechanics, kinetic theory of gases, plasma physics, magnetohydrodynamics power generation …
58Cooperative optimization — is a global optimization method invented by chinese mathematician Xiao Fei Huang, that can solve real world NP hard optimization problems (up to millions of variables) with outstanding performances and unprecedented speeds. It knows whether a… …
59Small but Significant and Non-transitory Increase in Price — In competition law, before deciding whether companies have significant market power which would justify government intervention, the test of Small but Significant and Non transitory Increase in Price is used to define the relevant market in a… …
60Control table — This simple control table directs program flow according to the value of the single input variable. Each table entry holds a possible input value to be tested for equality (implied) and a relevant subroutine to perform in the action column. The… …
