Topological error is usually not considered in divergence time estimation, but potentially could systematically bias age estimates through: (i) incorrect placement of fossil calibrations; and (ii) improper estimation of branch lengths.
The nation's biggest banks wrongfully foreclosed on more than 700 military members during the housing crisis and seized homes from roughly two dozen other borrowers who were current on their mortgage payments, findings that eclipse earlier estimates of the improper evictions.
In fiscal year 2010 alone, Medicare had estimated improper payments of almost $48 billion; this estimate did not include improper payments in its prescription drug benefit program, for which the agency has not yet determined a total amount.
Since the other nodes use the anchor subset that are obtained based on the location estimates of one-hop neighboring normal nodes, improper anchor subsets can be derived.
We demonstrate for migratory species how failure to include estimates of migratory connectivity leads to the improper formulation of the problem and could doom regional populations to near extinction.
SoundExchange, whose suit accused Sirius XM of improper accounting of royalties, estimated that oldies make up 10 to 15 percent of all the airplay on the satellite service.
A government auditor has estimated that improper allocation of wireless spectrum to favored mobile phone companies might have cost the country nearly $40 billion in revenue, compared to what it might have earned through an auction.
Because of an editing error, an article in Business Day yesterday about the investigation of American International Group, the insurance giant, referred incorrectly to the company's estimate of the impact of improper accounting on certain transactions.
The firm's new estimated loss for cane and beet sugar is 34 percent, compared with the old estimate of 20 percent — although Dr. Muth and Dr. Buzby said it was improper to make such comparisons because of changes in methodology.
Cold rolled and annealed low carbon steel specimens were tested by a new inhouse gripping system in order to estimate the consequences of improper alignment of tensile specimen.
