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51Empirical Bayes method — In statistics, empirical Bayes methods are a class of methods which use empirical data to evaluate / approximate the conditional probability distributions that arise from Bayes theorem. These methods allow one to estimate quantities… …
52Importance sampling — In statistics, importance sampling is a general technique for estimating the properties of a particular distribution, while only having samples generated from a different distribution rather than the distribution of interest. Depending on the… …
53RANSAC — is an abbreviation for RANdom SAmple Consensus . It is an iterative method to estimate parameters of a mathematical model from a set of observed data which contains outliers. It is a non deterministic algorithm in the sense that it produces a… …
54Maximum parsimony — Maximum parsimony, often simply referred to as parsimony, is a non parametric statistical method commonly used in computational phylogenetics for estimating phylogenies. Under maximum parsimony, the preferred phylogenetic tree is the tree that… …
55Kernel density estimation — of 100 normally distributed random numbers using different smoothing bandwidths. In statistics, kernel density estimation is a non parametric way of estimating the probability density function of a random variable. Kernel density estimation is a… …
56General average/New version — Average in maritime commerce to signify damages orexpenses resulting from the accidents of navigation. Average is either general or particular. General average arises when sacrifices have been made, or expenditures incurred, for the preservation… …
57Identifying and Managing Project Risk — Infobox Book | name = Identifying and Managing Project Risk author = Tom Kendrick country = United States language = English genre = Business, Project Management, Risk Management publisher = American Management Association release date = February …
58Ansley J. Coale — Ansley Johnson Coale (1917 2002), was one of America s foremost demographers. A native of Baltimore, Maryland, he earned his B.A. in 1939, his M.A. in 1941, and (after a period of service in the Navy) his Ph.D. in 1947, all at Princeton… …
59Probability of default — Basel II Bank for International Settlements Basel Accords Basel I Basel II Background Banking Monetary policy Central bank Risk …
60Joseph Hilbe — Infobox Scientist name = Joseph Hilbe |PD self caption = Joseph Hilbe birth date = Birth date and age|1944|12|30|mf=y birth place = Los Angeles, California, United States death date = place death = field = statistician, mathematician, and… …
