Abstract In surveying finite populations, the simplest strategy to estimate a population total without bias is employ Simple Random Sampling (SRS) with replacement (SRSWR) and expansion estimator based on it. Anything other than that including SRS Without Replacement (SRSWOR) usage of complex strategy. We examine here (1) if from sample at hand gain in efficiency may be unbiasedly estimated com...

this paper explores the possible origins of some names in 1001 nights. the names of the major characters of the night stories, and their borrowed reflexes in arabic, have been traced back to their ancient persian roots. examples from classical works are brought to argue that shahrāzād, shahriyār, and dīnāzād are not only the correct forms but more suitable to the deep structure of the frame-sto...

There has been much discussion recently about the scope and limits of purely symbolic models of the mind and abotlt the proper role of connectionism in cognitive modeling. This paper describes the "symbol grounding problem": How can the semantic interpretation of a formal symbol system be made intrinsic to the system, rather than just parasitic on the meanings in our heads? How can the meanings...