How We Know What Isn't So The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life Thomas Gilovich THE FREE PRESS A Division of Macmillan, Inc. NEW YORK To Karen and liana Contents Acknowledgments 1. Introduction vn 1 PART ONE Cognitive Determinants of Questionable Beliefs 2. Something Out of Nothing: The Misperception and Misinterpretation of Random Data 3. Too Much from Too Little: The Misinterpretation of Incomplete and Unrepresentative Data 4. Seeing What We Expect
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SpringerBriefs in Physics Editorial Board Egor Babaev, University of Massachusetts, USA Malcolm Bremer, University of Bristol, UK Xavier Calmet, University of Sussex, UK Francesca Di Lodovico, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK Maarten Hoogerland, University of Auckland, New Zealand Eric Le Ru, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand James Overduin, Towson University, USA Vesselin Petkov, Concordia University, Canada Charles H.-T. Wang, The University of Aberdeen, UK Andrew Whitaker
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Chapter 3: Physical Layer Chapter Outline INTRODUCTION CIRCUITS Circuit Configuration Data Flow Communication Media Multiplexing How DSL Transmits Data COMMUNICATION MEDIA Guided Media Wireless Media Media Selection DIGITAL TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL DATA Coding Transmission Modes Digital Transmission How Ethernet Transmits Data ANALOG TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL DATA Modulation Capacity of a Voice Circuit How Modems Transmit Data DIGITAL TRANSMISSION OF
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group (admission-batch) of students. Also known as Class Counsellor. “Grade Card” means the detailed performance record in a semester/ programme. "He" means both genders “he” and “she”; similarly "his" and/or "him" includes "her" as well, in all the cases. "HOD" means, the Head of the Department. “MLC”
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UNIVERSITY OF KERALA B. TECH DEGREE COURSE 2008 SCHEME ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING I to VIII SEMESTER SCHEME AND SYLLABUS BOARD OF STUDIES IN ENGINEERING AND FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF KERALA B.Tech Degree Course – 2008 Scheme REGULATIONS 1. Conditions for Admission Candidates for admission to the B.Tech degree course shall be required to have passed the Higher Secondary Examination, Kerala or 12th Standard V.H.S.E., C.B.S.E., I.S.C. or any examination
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Investigation into Biometric Technologies and the Development of a Fingerprint Recognition Application . . . . . . . . . . Note: Incomplete, this document is currently in draft Abstract This preliminary document covers the presentation phase of a final year BSc (Hons) computing science project aiming to investigate biometric technologies and develop a fingerprint recognition application to allow logging of student attendance at lectures. The introduction offers some background
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framework, it is important to identify the range of possible implications. The regulatory system needs to be flexible enough to anticipate and react to the range of possible developments in the financial system, to avoid inhibiting changes except in cases where there are essential public policy reasons for doing so. 3.5 The chapter concludes by
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Journal of Electronic Imaging 13(1), 146 – 165 (January 2004). Survey over image thresholding techniques and quantitative performance evaluation Mehmet Sezgin ¨ ˙ Tubıtak Marmara Research Center Information Technologies Research Institute Gebze, Kocaeli Turkey E-mail: sezgin@btae.mam.gov.tr ¨ Bulent Sankur ˇ ¸ Bogazici University Electric-Electronic Engineering Department Bebek, ˙stanbul I Turkey Abstract. We conduct an exhaustive survey of image thresholding methods, categorize them, express
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Access Control refers to the idea of preventing unauthorized persons entrance to a property, building or room. Access control systems have become a staple in secure environments. They allow the extra security without having the potential unreliability of a person sitting on guard. By eliminating the weak link “Human Error" these systems are able to make it nearly impossible to penetrate. Physical access control systems can range from a bouncer or guard stationed at the door, or through mechanical
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