conjonction d’aléas
English translation: joint probability densities/distributions
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15 mins confidence: 
conjoined hazards Explanation: * Example sentence(s):
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composition of hazards Explanation: It seems to be the sort of stuff that occurs in conditional hazard models. It also feels like a fairly general approach rather than a specific methodology. More background might help. |
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23 mins confidence:
conjunction of events Explanation: Aléas in this case being random chance, or the random nature of how things can sometimes pair up and sometimes don't, and in stats they are described by probabilities of event conditional on other events, also called joint probability and a number of other things as well. Check the first few google results for "conjunction of events" and see if the context matches what you're looking at. I'm pretty sure it's exactly the same thing. In the sentence: "conjonction d’aléas de différentes variables d’étude" I'd maybe say something like "the combined occurrence of different variables in the study". First though, follow a few Google links and make sure the math looks the same as what you're working on. |
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3 hrs confidence:
combined contingencies Explanation: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/.../pdf/jeabehav00026-0063.pdf "by M Egli - 1989 Controlling variables operating during combined contingencies may be disrupted by the drug, and latent variables that were not apparent during baseline con- ..." |
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3 hrs confidence:
conjuntion of contingencies Explanation: EN (from Mac OSX dictionary) contingencies = a future event or circumstance that is possible but cannot be predicted with certainty. conjunction = an instance of two or more events or things occurring at the same point in time or space FR (from Wikipedia) conjunction = Union de deux choses aléa = Probabilité qu’un phénomène accidentel produise en un point donné des effets donnés, au cours d’une période déterminée -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs (2012-03-06 18:52:38 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- conjunction of contingencies BTW not conjuntion (typing error) |
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5 hrs confidence:
joint probability densities/distributions Explanation: Frankly, any translation using a form of the word 'conjoin' strikes me as a perverse effort to make a familiar subject seem unfamiliar in English. I would be tempted to recast the text to talk about random variables rather than random events (aléa or 'hazards'). Models of wave height at high tide or the high water mark at the confluence of two streams are going to depend on the joint probability distribution of the several random variables involved. Reference: http://www.rmets.org/pdf/presentation/20101020-svensson.pdf |
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15 hrs confidence:
extrapolation Explanation: a contingency suggestion which springs to mind from reading the text! |
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