Consider an exchangeable normal vector with parameters ????2, and ?. On the basis of a vector observation some tests about these parameters are found and their properties are discussed. A simulation study for these tests and a few nonparametric tests are presented. Some advantages and disadvantages of these tests are discussed and a few applications are given.

The concepts of liberty and representation reveal tensions in Hobbes's political anthropology that only a study the development his philosophical materialism can fully elucidate. first section this article analyses contradictory definitions offered De cive, explains them against background elaboration deterministic concept conatus during 1640s. Variations void between motu corpore will shed lig...

Abstract This article examines the complaint that arbitrary algorithmic decisions wrong those whom they affect. It makes three contributions. First, it provides an analysis of what arbitrariness means in this context. Second, argues is not moral concern except when special circumstances apply. However, same algorithm or different algorithms based on data are used multiple contexts, a person may...