One of the best indications of performance in the furnace is the quality of ash coming out of a power plant’s boiler. Ideally, all of the carbon is completely burned in the furnace before the products ...

This paper reports how three field sampling methods performed in different rooms and on different surface types and how they compare using two different metrics of concentration (μg/g) and loading (μg ...

Simulation studies of sampling methods to spread or reduce response burden faced by businesses through participation in CBS surveys. In response to a letter of complaint from the business community, ...

Stratified mean-per-unit sampling is a key tool used by auditors. The popularity of this statistical procedure arises from its unique ability to produce trustworthy ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has infected over 38 million people around the world and is showing no signs of going away any time soon. Researchers worldwide are frantically working on developing an effective ...