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Multiprocessor, or MP, verification revolves around memory accesses. To this end three main issues face the developer of a random test generation tool for multiple processors — what types of memory ...

In the Neyman-Pearson theory of hypothesis testing it is customary to calculate significance levels and power functions on the assumption that the sample size is fixed. The main purpose of this paper ...

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