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61Coefficient of determination — In statistics, the coefficient of determination R2 is used in the context of statistical models whose main purpose is the prediction of future outcomes on the basis of other related information. It is the proportion of variability in a data set… …
62GENERIC formalism — In non equilibrium thermodynamics, GENERIC is an acronym for General Equation for Non Equilibrium Reversible Irreversible Coupling. It is the general form of dynamic equation for a system with both reversible and irreversible dynamics (generated… …
63Q-Q plot — Not to be confused with P P plot. A normal Q Q plot of randomly generated, independent standard exponential data, (X   Exp(1)). This Q Q plot compares a sample of data on the vertical axis to a statistical population on the horizontal… …
64History of information theory — The decisive event which established the discipline of information theory, and brought it to immediate worldwide attention, was the publication of Claude E. Shannon s classic paper A Mathematical Theory of Communication in the Bell System… …
65Lorenz curve — The Lorenz curve is a graphical representation of the cumulative distribution function of a probability distribution; it is a graph showing the proportion of the distribution assumed by the bottom y % of the values. It is often used to represent… …
66Convergence of Fourier series — In mathematics, the question of whether the Fourier series of a periodic function converges to the given function is researched by a field known as classical harmonic analysis, a branch of pure mathematics. Convergence is not necessarily a given… …
67Simplicial set — In mathematics, a simplicial set is a construction in categorical homotopy theory which is a purely algebraic model of the notion of a well behaved topological space. Historically, this model arose from earlier work in combinatorial topology and… …
68Indirect utility function — In economics, a consumer s indirect utility functionv(p, w) gives the consumer s maximal utility when faced with a price level p and an amount of income w. It represents the consumer s preferences over market conditions.This function is called… …
69Caristi fixed point theorem — In mathematics, the Caristi fixed point theorem (also known as the Caristi Kirk fixed point theorem) generalizes the Banach fixed point theorem for maps of a complete metric space into itself. Caristi s fixed point theorem is a variation of the… …
70Size function — Size functions are shape descriptors, in a geometrical/topological sense. They are functions from the half plane to the natural numbers, counting certain connected components of a topological space. They are used in pattern recognition and… …
