One of the first tasks when managing a project is the cost estimate. A cost estimate must be accurate, transparent and reliable. These factors are particularly important for a small business because ...

The Weibull distribution remains an indispensable tool in reliability engineering and lifetime analysis, offering flexibility for modelling diverse failure behaviours. Modern parameter estimation ...

State estimation and filtering techniques form the backbone of modern control, signal processing and data fusion methodologies. These techniques are employed to infer the internal states of a dynamic ...

Drilling costs can be estimated with a combination of established, analytic techniques. This article, concluding a three-part series, presents a general framework to estimate costs with a formalized ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Cory Benfield discusses the evolution of ...

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 79, No. 4 (Nov., 1997), pp. 1352-1362 (11 pages) This paper uses resampling estimation techniques to develop a statistical mathematical programming ...

Many agile and scrum teams start with basic practices to enable self-organizing teams to better deliver on business priorities. Practices include committing to what teams can get done in a sprint, ...