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Public Participation in Resolving Environmental Disputes and the Problem of Representativeness [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
Dr. Allen, the symposium organizer, reviews recent .efforts to increase public involvement in environmental ...
Allen, Peter T.
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Evaluating Random Mutant Selection at Class-Level in Projects with Non-Adequate Test Suites

open access: yes, 2016
Mutation testing is a standard technique to evaluate the quality of a test suite. Due to its computationally intensive nature, many approaches have been proposed to make this technique feasible in real case scenarios.
Demeyer, Serge   +2 more
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Orchestrating Forest Policy in Italy: Mission Impossible? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
In the Italian political and economic agenda the forest sector occupies a marginal role. The forest sector in Italy is characterized by a high institutional fragmentation and centralized decision-making processes dominated by Public Forest ...
Carbone, F.   +6 more
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Generations and Gender Programme Wave 1 data collection: An overview and assessment of sampling and fieldwork methods, weighting procedures, and cross-sectional representativeness

open access: yesDemographic Research, 2016
Background: The Generations and Gender Survey (GGS) was developed to stimulate the study of a broad range of topics of relevance to population scientists. So far, at least one wave of the GGS has been conducted in 19 countries.
Tineke Fokkema   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing the representativeness of wind data for wind turbine site evaluation [PDF]

open access: yes, 1981
Once potential wind turbine sites (either for single installations or clusters) are identified through siting procedures, actual evaluation of the sites must commence.
Corotis, R. B., Renne, D. S.
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Number preferences in lotteries

open access: yesJudgment and Decision Making, 2016
We explore people’s preferences for numbers in large proprietary data sets from two different lottery games. We find that choice is far from uniform, and exhibits some familiar and some new tendencies and biases.
Tong V. Wang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Representativeness of European biochar research: part I – field experiments

open access: yesJournal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management, 2017
A representativeness survey of existing European Biochar field experiments within the Biochar COST Action TD1107 was conducted to gather key information for setting up future experiments and collaborations, and to minimise duplication of efforts amongst ...
Frank G. A. Verheijen   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

ADAM-Anchorage Data: Are They Representative? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
This paper presents the results of a study designed to assess the representativeness of realized samples of recent arrestees selected for the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) program in Anchorage, Alaska.
Langworthy, Robert H., Myrstol, Brad A.
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Optimizing the location of weather monitoring stations using estimation uncertainty [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
In this article, we address the problem of planning a network of weather monitoring stations observing average air temperature (AAT). Assuming the network planning scenario as a location problem, an optimization model and an operative methodology are ...
Amini   +31 more
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The Propensity to Disruption for Evaluating a Parliament [PDF]

open access: yes
The issue of power plays a relevant role in evaluating the representativeness of a Parliament. In this paper a new governability index is introduced, taking inspiration from the propensity to disruption and referring to the power of the parties.Electoral
Vito Fragnelli
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