Probability Methods for Cost Uncertainty Analysis, 2nd Edition

499 Index

ratios of, 166, 181–186, 196, 203

standardized (standard form), 69–70

theorems 40–43, 62–67, 87, 91, 94, 96,

103–104, 107, 109, 142, 144–145,

149–150, 152, 154, 163, 182, 188,

223, 343, 348, 443–451, 454–461

transformations of, 160–186

trapezoidal, 85

triangular, 91

uniform, 89

Rank correlation, 147–149, 304–305, 336,

422–423

Rectangular distribution, see Uniform

Regression

bias, 343, 354, 359, 366–367

constants of, 367, 477, 481

constraints, 354, 355–357, 360,

362–363

model, 339

quantity as an independent variable

(QAIV), 385–386, 389, 391, 393

single step, 385–386, 389, 391

techniques

classical regression, 341

general error regression, 339,

352–367

iteratively reweighted least

squares (IRLS), 367, 477–482

unit as an indpendent ...