Monte Carlo technique with correlated random variables
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The probability of cost overruns in construction projects is evaluated usually through the Monte Carlo method. Unfortunately, the Monte Carlo method has major limitations. In this method, various cost components must first be assigned statistical distributions and correlations ofrandom numbers that are not independent have to be accounted for. More than 1,000 two- to four-story office building projects are used as a large data set in illustrating methodologies to address the Monte Carlo technique's limitations. A lognormal distribution is exhibited by most of the cost items.
Publication Name: Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0733-9364
Year: 1992
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Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus infection and multiple myeloma
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Research findings linking herpesvirus 8 to multiple myeloma are debated. The hypothesis that infected bone marrow dendritic stromal cells might sustain the growth of uninfected plasma cells, in vivo, is challenged.
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1997
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