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• Rate–distortion theory — is a major branch of information theory which provides the theoretical foundations for lossy data compression; it addresses the problem of determining the minimal amount of entropy (or information) R that should be communicated over a channel, so …   Wikipedia

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• Rate of return pricing — Target rate of return pricing is a pricing method used almost exclusively by market leaders or monopolists. You start with a rate of return objective, like 5% of invested capital, or 10% of sales revenue. Then you arrange your price structure so… …   Wikipedia

• Rate of reinforcement — In behaviorism, rate of reinforcement is number of reinforcements per time, usually per minute. Symbol of this rate is usually Rf. Its first major exponent was B. F. Skinner (1939). It is used in the Matching Law. Rf = # of reinforcements/unit of …   Wikipedia

• rate making — The process of determining a rate to be charged, particularly a rate subject to government control, as where it is for service by a public utility. A function which is purely legislative in its character, whether it is exercised directly by the… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• rate of change — Date: 1876 a value that results from dividing the change in a function of a variable by the change in the variable < velocity is the rate of change in distance with respect to time > …   New Collegiate Dictionary