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What does P stand for?

Probability of detection


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Proline (amino acid)
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Samples in periodicals archive:
f] is given by [MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSION NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] (17) And the probability of detection [P.
Identity thieves know that the Social Security number of a senior may afford the thief an opportunity to steal the senior's identity with a lower probability of detection.
Performance standards for detector systems often include requirements for probability of detection and probability of false alarm at a specified level of statistical confidence.
Our multi-beam technology increases the probability of detection and ensures all contaminants, regardless of their orientation, are easily detected.
The company is confident that it offers the greatest probability of detection (POD) of any machine on the market today.
37) Applying this framework, it should be clear as an initial matter--although it is never expressed this way in the tax compliance literature--that if Joe Taxpayer's position is certain to be scrutinized by the Service because the probability of detection is one, then the optimal tax liability rule is strict liability and the optimal fine is simply the amount of additional taxes owed plus an appropriate interest charge to account for the time value of money.
The attack can be carried out with a reasonably low probability of detection assuming that audits with paper ballots are infrequent," the report said.
By selecting a LEO asset to do this, we could use a relatively low-power ground transmitter and thus lower the probability of detection.

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