Questions tagged [statistics]
The study of collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of data.
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How to compare two sets of exponential data
I have two sets of exponential data (temperature measurements) of the form T(t)=$-e^{-kt}$. k is a constant that determines the rate of temperature change. 1 temperature measurement was taken every 10 ...
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Which statistical method should I use for comparing machine run-time of two algorithms?
I am comparing the run-time of two algorithm by solving different instance of the problems. Sample of my data:
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Comparing Estimates of Entropy with Theoretical of Multivariate Gaussian
I am trying to compare the effectiveness of a histogram for density estimation, by seeing how well it approximates the PDF of a normal distribution.
I make use of the concept of entropy, which is ...
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Identifying the time window at which a meteorological factor influences tree growth the most
This is a problem I am encountering in a research project. I have thought of a naive approach to solve it which relies on many assumptions, is not guaranteed to work, and would be tedious and ...
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Exotic stats problem mode fuzzy clusters python
EXOTIC STATS PROBLEM ; MODE, FUZZY CLUSTERS, ETC
Hi I'm working on a math problem and not sure how to approach it.
Trying to enumerate, rank and extract most common numeric ranges
from a list, with ...
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How many repititions of a stochastic algorithm should be done before the results can be considered trustworthy?
I have written a stochastic machine learning algorithm.
Each time I run the algorithm on the same test data I get different results. I determine accuracy each time compared to ground truth.
In ...
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Finding correlations between variables in large SQLite database
I have an SQLite3 database file of ~150GB on an external hard-drive, and I would like to analyse correlations (if they exist) between columns of that database. To be precise, I'm interested in ...
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Is there any robust criteria for this kind of outlier?
I have this data, and I need to detect the outliers.
The outliers are clearly visible on the borders (start and end, in red). And I only care for outliers present at the start or end.
I could easily ...
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What is a performant clustering algorithm for approx 10,000 vectors of approx 30 dimension?
I have a set of real-valed vectors, for example
$S = \{v_1, v_2, ..., v_k\}$
$v_i = \begin{pmatrix} age_i \\ height_i \\ weight_i \\ ... \end{pmatrix}$
or whatever. Each vector has on the order of ...
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Uniform distribution in 3D space [duplicate]
Posted this at math stack exchange as well, but alas no replies! So, I have been trying to find ways of distributing particles of spherical or other shape in 3D space, e.g. rectangular space. Random() ...
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Using the PAST algorithm to find eigenvectors
I'm working on trying to extract the eigenvectors from a series of observations from a random variable, by using the PAST algorithm, see e.g. 6.2.3 in this book:
Large pdf.
I don't understand the ...
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Verifying that ODE integration generates Theoretical Stationary distribution
I am trying to simulate an ODE, like $ \dot{x} = \xi(x) $ that should have a stationary distribution (a la Stat Mech). Assuming that my ODE algorithm generates time samples of my system state $ x $ ...
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will this methodology end up giving me a nonsense regression equation.
I'm wondering if this is a valid methodology to find the best regression equation for a given data set.
User provides a rang of estimated value for some set of variables. Th algorithm uses the ...
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Data for Tracy-Widom distribution
I have data for a random variable and I wish to test whether it conforms to the Tracy-Widom distribution. However, the T-W distribution is hard to compute. Is there a readly available table of its ...
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Inbuilt function in C++ to return the value of $c$ in from the CDF $F(c)$ in the case of $t-$ distribution?
I was coding for calculating the confidence interval for mean $\mu$ of the Normal Distribution with unknown $\sigma^{2}$.
In between the algorithm I have to calculate $c$ in $F(c) = \frac{1 + \gamma}{...
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1d turbulent energy spectra in homogenuous direction (non-isotropic)
I am trying to compute the one-dimensional energy spectra for my channel-flow simulation. I have already written a post-processing script to achieve this, however I need to validate my code before ...
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Legendre expansion of $r(x) = f(x)/g(x)$ using a finite number of samples from $f(x)$ and $g(x)$
I have two finite sets of events $\{x_1, ..., x_N\}$ and $\{y_1, ..., y_N\}$ that are sampled from the PDFs $f(x)$ and $g(x)$, respectively, where $x \in [-1,+1]$. I want to estimate the Legendre ...
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Data Analysis - Cooling Efficiency
I have a question as I am starting my dive into computational analysis.
I have a large set of data (~2 months) which includes the room temperature, HVAC status (heat/cool/off) and the location of ...
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Parameter identification for regression model
Consider the following regression model :
Y = AX + BU
where the size of Y is $N \times n$, A is $N \times n$, X is $n \times n$, B is $N \times n$ and U is $n \times 1$.
The matrices X,Y and U are ...
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Using physical parameter as a Gaussian Random Variable in a simple Poisson Problem
I want to vary the input parameter of a physical dynamic mechanics problem, as a Gaussian Random variable and view the resulting Probability Density Function. I used the Finite Element Method to ...
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Optimize custom probability distribution in Python [closed]
Consider random variables $X$ and $Y$, their distributions are given. $Z = f_a(X, Y)$ where $f(\cdot, \cdot)$ is a deterministic, not random function $f_a: \mathbb{R}^2 \to \mathbb{R}$ depending on a ...
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Tikhonov (Ridge) Regression and Normalization
For a typical Ridge Regression method for solving an inverse problem
$$
\min_x ||A~x - b||^2 + \lambda^2||\Gamma~x||^2
$$
Which has an analytical solution of
$$
\hat{x}_{est}=(A^TA+\lambda^2 \Gamma^T\...
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How are the outcomes that generated from different predictive models combined to get more accurate predictions?
The simple average is commonly used to combine the predictions out of different predictive models. Apart form the simple average, what are the other methods that can be used for combining the ...
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Is resampling more accurate than block average for statistical analysis of data?
I'm working in laboratories where molecular dynamics data are almost always analysed usign block average as stated in the famous Allen and Tildesley book.
We divide the datas in blocks of size $M$ on ...
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Generating Random Numbers in Fortran for Metropolis method
I am having a really hard time getting any kind of reliable / consistent result from my Metropolis code. I have torn it apart and am now examining just the randomness in my random number generator.
I ...
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Force a line through the origin
What does it mean: to force a line through the origin?
I interpret this to be making (forcing) the intercept as (0,0) in the regression procedure of an x-y scatterplot, but am not sure.
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Normalize data so that the sum of squares = 1
In presenting geochemical data, I would like to try a statistical method that presents the data in an ISOCON diagram. This method requires scaling all the data to be the same distance from the origin (...
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How to get mathematical model from a data set with MATLAB
I have some values imported from excel about the annual sell of a product, with 3 var:
month,
price,
sold items
I have seen how to plot a chart using curve fitting tool but I need to define a ...
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Sum over very small exponentials: Underflow
I am trying to compute (in C) a sum like
$S = \sum_i \exp( - a_i )$,
where $10^{4} < a_i < 10^{5}$ are approximately normal distributed. So even if I do the Log-Sum-Exp trick
$S = \exp(\...
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Conditional Independence (Bayesian Network)
suppose you have this bayesian network: p(a,b,c) = p(c|b) p(b|a) p(a)
a -> b -> c
are a and c conditionally independent given b?
If yes, why are they independent? How can I show that?
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Is there a relationship between the covariance matrix and the partial derivative?
Suppose that there are $N$ pieces of data, each of which contains $M$ parameter values such that $N >> M$. If we put this information into matrix form ($N$ rows, $M$ columns) and then compute ...
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Polynomial approximation
Is there any universal method to fill this matrix for any $n$ value:
$\textbf{A} = \left[ \matrix{n & \sum x_i & \sum x_i^2 & \cdots & \sum x_i^n \cr
\sum x_i & \sum ...
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CFD turbulence modelling mean pressures vs peak pressures
I have been experimenting with using Autodesk CFD to investigate facade/ cladding pressures on a (rectangular) building, comparing results with cladding/ facades pressures pressures from design codes ...
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Problem using MATLAB `fminunc` [closed]
I am trying to find the minimum of this function. But I receive the following error when I run the script. What am I doing wrong:
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Efficient calculation for L-Kurtosis?
I am doing some statistical signal analysis and was wondering if there are any C/Java packages that do L-moment calculations, specifically L-Kurtosis as I am wanting to do things such as ...
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Can Box-Cox transformation be applied for data of this form?
I have data of the form:
X Y
3.53 0
4.93 50
5.53 60
6.21 70
7.37 80
9.98 90
16.56 100
And I want to find out $n$ so that this can be ...
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How to curve fit an unknown function?
I have data which can be described by $y=f(x,z)$ where $z$ varies from 170 ~ 154. Now values given by $ks$ are known sample values that equals value given in the table header, $uks$ are unknown ...
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Best path for estimation
I have a Cartesian grid (100x100) in which some of the points are known (30 out of 10,000) and the rest are unknown. I want to use the known points and estimate the other cells. Is there any ...
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How to prevent overflow and underflow in the Euclidean distance and Mahalanobis distance
I was working in my project when I was struck by the question of whether it would be necessary, or at least cautious, prevent overflow and underflow in the calculation of these two distances.
I ...
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How to choose (and many) threshold in Eigenface?
I edited my question trying to make it as short and precise.
I am developing a prototype of a facial recognition system for my Graduation Project. I use Eigenface and my main source is the document ...
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Statistical analysis of optimization algorithms
If we optimize some parameter using 4 optimization algorithms, 2 of which are population based (say A and B) and 2 trajectory methods (single point search)(say C and D); what statistical test can be ...
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fastest and most efficent way to count all combinations in many sets and sum them together
I am a Java programmer who has reached the limits of brute computer power. My relational database (and non relational databases) is not producing results quick enough and I have hit a bottleneck in ...
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What is the algorithm that matlab used in its built-in function 'pca'?
Do anyone know what is the algorithm that MATLAB used in its built-in function "pca"?
I have the following data set:
148.9820 55.8438 210.2150
149.3030 56.8891 208.4280
151.4400 ...
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What is 'SOLVER' in R and Statistics/Analytics ?
**strong text**a) I tried to research on what exactly is a SOLVER only to find a not clear-cut simple answer. My doubts still remain after going through several sites full of discussions about it.
I ...
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Python: What is a good way to generate a 1D particle field with a gaussian distribution?
If I have N particles how do I assign their x values so that the end result is Gaussian distribution. i.e. particles near the ends are more spread out than particles near the center.
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Coding complex equations into C++
I have here equations from a paper by E. Bradlow. They're for counting the events in a Weibull-distributed data set.
$$\begin{align}
\Pr(N(t)=n) &= \sum_{j=n}^\infty{\frac{(-1)^{j+n}(\lambda t^c)^...
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Correct statistics for reporting speedup results
Say I have slow and fast versions of some code, and want to report a speedup number comparing the two. I run the slow version $n$ times and the fast version $m$ times, producing times $(s_1, \ldots, ...
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Quality of randomness in generated random number
I have generated a list of 3 random number where each summed to 1. I would like to assess the quality of randomness. What is the best mechanism to assess this randomness? E.g my random numbers are. ...
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Is it possible to compute quantiles of a set of numbers, without first sorting those numbers?
I apologize in advances if this is the wrong place to be asking this question, (I had considered putting it on CV first).
I am studying financial (S&P, Dow Jones, etc) data, and would like to ...
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Difference powerlaw, lognormal and streteched exponential (Weibull) function
I am currently fitting above mentioned functions to my data and I can observe, that both lognormal and Weibull are better fits than powerlaw. In literature, it is often suggested, that it is hard to ...
