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61Depreciation — Not to be confused with Deprecation. Depreciation refers to two very different but related concepts: the decrease in value of assets (fair value depreciation), and the allocation of the cost of assets to periods in which the assets are used… …
62Levenshtein distance — In information theory and computer science, the Levenshtein distance is a string metric for measuring the amount of difference between two sequences. The term edit distance is often used to refer specifically to Levenshtein distance. The… …
63Rate of return — In finance, rate of return (ROR), also known as return on investment (ROI), rate of profit or sometimes just return, is the ratio of money gained or lost (whether realized or unrealized) on an investment relative to the amount of money invested.… …
64Experience curve effects — Experience curve re directs here. For its use in video games see Experience point. The learning curve effect and the closely related experience curve effect express the relationship between experience and efficiency. As individuals and/or… …
65Dynamic programming — For the programming paradigm, see Dynamic programming language. In mathematics and computer science, dynamic programming is a method for solving complex problems by breaking them down into simpler subproblems. It is applicable to problems… …
66Singular value decomposition — Visualization of the SVD of a 2 dimensional, real shearing matrix M. First, we see the unit disc in blue together with the two canonical unit vectors. We then see the action of M, which distorts the disk to an ellipse. The SVD decomposes M into… …
67Constraint algorithm — In mechanics, a constraint algorithm is a method for satisfying constraints for bodies that obey Newton s equations of motion. There are three basic approaches to satisfying such constraints: choosing novel unconstrained coordinates ( internal… …
68calculate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. compute, reckon; count, appraise; estimate; informal, consider, deem, figure. See numeration, expectation, plan. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To determine, especially by using mathematics] Syn. compute,… …
69Database — A database is an organized collection of data for one or more purposes, usually in digital form. The data are typically organized to model relevant aspects of reality (for example, the availability of rooms in hotels), in a way that supports… …
70VOptimal Histograms — Histograms are most commonly used as visual representations of data. However, database systems use histograms to summarize data internally and provide size estimates for queries. These histograms are not presented to users or displayed visually,… …
