Postulate 1. All chance systems of causes are not alike in the sense that they enable us to predict the future in terms of the past. (Walter A. Shewhart)

Postulate 1. All chance systems of causes are not alike in the sense that they enable us to predict the future in terms of the past.

Walter A. Shewhart

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