A false alarm, also called a nuisance alarm, is the deceptive or erroneous report of an emergency, causing unnecessary panic and/or bringing resources...
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The alert was confirmed to be a false alarm. In a nearly-identical manner to the Hawaii incident, the false alarm was the result of an operator error...
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False Alarm is the fourth studio album by Northern Irish indie rock band Two Door Cinema Club, released on 21 June 2019 by Prolifica Inc. and PIAS Recordings...
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wolf, such false alarms rob the critical alarms of the importance they deserve. Alarm management and policy are critical to prevent alarm fatigue. The...
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Constant false alarm rate (CFAR) detection refers to a common form of adaptive algorithm used in radar systems to detect target returns against a background...
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performing multiple comparisons, a false positive ratio (also known as fall-out or false alarm ratio) is the probability of falsely rejecting the null hypothesis...
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"False Alarm" is a song by the Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd, from his third studio album, Starboy (2016). It was released as the album's second...
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the United States. These missile attack warnings were suspected to be false alarms by Stanislav Petrov, an engineer of the Soviet Air Defence Forces on...
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and 98% of all alarm calls to law enforcement are false alarms. System reliability and user error are the cause of most false alarms, sometimes called...
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feed. tocsin – a historical alarm mechanism Alarm management Warning system False alarm Physical security Security alarm "Alarm Definition & Meaning". www...
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Emergency Broadcast System (redirect from Emergency Broadcast System false alarm)
messages, the accidental activation was officially terminated. This false alarm demonstrated major flaws in the practical implementation of an EAN. Many...
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Type I and type II errors (redirect from False Alarm Rate)
Type I error (false positive): The true fact is that the item is not a weapon but the system still sounds an alarm. Type II error (false negative) The...
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The False Alarm is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Frank O'Connor and starring Ralph Lewis, Dorothy Revier, and John Harron. As described...
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Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm is a video game based on the Flash cartoon series Happy Tree Friends developed by independent software developer Stainless...
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In statistics, the false discovery rate (FDR) is a method of conceptualizing the rate of type I errors in null hypothesis testing when conducting multiple...
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Battle of Los Angeles (redirect from Los Angeles Air Alarm)
afterward, Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox called the purported attack a "false alarm". Newspapers of the time published a number of reports and speculations...
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false alarm in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A false alarm is a hoax report of an emergency. False Alarm or False Alarms may also refer to: False Alarm...
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A fire alarm system is a building system designed to detect, alert occupants, and alert emergency forces of the presence of fire, smoke, carbon monoxide...
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Nuclear close calls (redirect from 1979 NORAD false alert)
scrambled the B-52 bombers at the base before the duty officer declared a false alarm. The crisis finally ended when Prime Minister Meir halted all military...
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False Alarm is an American punk rock band founded in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, in 1982. False Alarm started in 1982. Brent Alden, bass player for the...
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Emergency Alert System (section False alarms)
announced by HI-EMA and the Honolulu Police Department that the alert was a false alarm. The incident came amidst heightened concern over the possibility that...
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Panic button (redirect from Panic alarm)
the house, who will then first check for a false alarm by phoning the person, and if there is no false alarm, will enter the person's flat to check what...
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Air Defence Forces who played a key role in the 1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident. On 26 September 1983, three weeks after the Soviet military...
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and false alarms false alarms + correct rejections {\displaystyle {\frac {\text{false alarms}}{{\text{false alarms}}+{\text{correct rejections}}}}}...
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Political views of Samuel Johnson (section False Alarm)
that Boswell held an opinion contradictory to two of the pamphlets, The False Alarm and Taxation No Tyranny, and so he attacked Johnson's views in his biography—including...
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In animal communication, an alarm signal is an antipredator adaptation in the form of signals emitted by social animals in response to danger. Many primates...
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Sensitivity and specificity (redirect from False-positive rate)
from measurements of the hit rate and false-alarm rate. It is calculated as: d′ = Z(hit rate) − Z(false alarm rate), where function Z(p), p ∈ [0, 1]...
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phenomenon Cassandra complex Climate alarmism Culture of fear – fear and anxiety in public discourse False alarm Hypochondriasis – excessive fear of illness...
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False Alarms is a 1936 short subject directed by Del Lord starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard)...
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A fire alarm box, fire alarm call box, or fire alarm pull box is a device used for notifying a fire department of a fire or a fire alarm activation. Typically...
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