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1Low-energy ion scattering — LEIS redirects here; for the Hawaiian garland see Lei (Hawaii). Low energy ion scattering spectroscopy (LEIS), sometimes referred to simply as ion scattering spectroscopy (ISS), is a surface sensitive analytical technique used to characterize the …
2probability and statistics — ▪ mathematics Introduction the branches of mathematics concerned with the laws governing random events, including the collection, analysis, interpretation, and display of numerical data. Probability has its origin in the study of gambling… …
3probability — The likelihood of the occurrence of an event, measured by the ratio of likely occurrences to the total number of possible occurrences. Probabilities can be expressed as (i) *percentages, (ii) decimals between 0 and 1, (iii) fractions, and (iv)… …
4Probability Moon — infobox Book | name = Probability Moon title orig = translator = image caption = (no image) author = Nancy Kress illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = Probability trilogy genre = Science fiction novel… …
5International Nuclear Event Scale — The International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES) was introduced in 1990[1] by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in order to enable prompt communication of safety significance information in case of nuclear accidents. The… …
6Quaternary extinction event — Late Pleistocene landscape of northern Eurasia The Quaternary period saw the extinctions of numerous predominantly larger, especially megafaunal, species, many of which occurred during the transition from the Pleistocene to the Holocene epoch.… …
7Poker probability (Omaha) — In poker, the probability of many events can be determined by direct calculation. This article discusses how to compute the probabilities for many commonly occurring events in the game of Omaha hold em and provides some probabilities and oddsref… …
8Poker probability — See also Poker probability (Texas hold em) and Poker probability (Omaha) for probabilities specific to those games. In poker, the probability of each type of 5 card hand can be computed by calculating the proportion of hands of that type among… …
9Conditional probability — The actual probability of an event A may in many circumstances differ from its original probability, because new information is available, in particular the information that an other event B has occurred. Intuition prescribes that the still… …
10Absolute probability judgement — is a technique used in the field of human reliability assessment (HRA), for the purposes of evaluating the probability of a human error occurring throughout the completion of a specific task. From such analyses measures can then be taken to… …
