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from science and engineering relative to other fields. I find that the higher relative exit rate is driven by engineering … rather than science, and show that 60% of the gap can be explained by the relatively greater exit rate from engineering of … working conditions are only secondary factors. The relative exit rate by gender from engineering does not differ from that of …
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-1990: Progress and Outcomes in Science and Engineering at the University of California during Graduate School and Professional Life … American doctoral students in the sciences and engineering, and presents the results of a survey of 33 African American STEM Ph …
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Microbial risk assessment (MRA) is a process that evaluates the likelihood of adverse human health effects following exposure to a medium in which pathogens are present. Several different classes of models are available to quantitatively characterize risks to human health from exposure to...
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Strategic reasoning is part of our everyday lives: we negotiate prices, bid in auctions, write contracts, and play games. We choose actions in these scenarios based on our preferences, and our beliefs about preferences of the other participants. Game theory provides a rich mathematical framework...
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In this paper, we consider a multiple-stage tandem production/inventory system producing a single product. Processing time at each stage is assumed to have a general stationary processing time distribution. The cost of holding work-in-process (WIP) inventory is different at each stage....
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We consider a make-to-stock production/inventory system consisting of a single deteriorating machine which produces a single item. We formulate the integrated decisions of maintenance and production using a Markov Decision Process. The optimal dynamic policy is shown to have a rather complex...
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On-Line Analytical Processing (OLAP) aims at gaining useful information quickly from large amounts of data residing in a data warehouse. To improve the quickness of response to queries, pre-aggregation is a useful strategy. However, it is usually impossible to pre-aggregate along all...
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subjects. In this paper we analyze the magnitude of this propensity in engineering and economics/business courses. The reason … statistical difference exists in entrepreneurial potential of economics/business and engineering students, and that these two … entrepreneurial education is undertaken in business and engineering schools. …
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