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111Berry–Esséen theorem — The central limit theorem in probability theory and statistics states that under certain circumstances the sample mean, considered as a random quantity, becomes more normally distributed as the sample size is increased. The Berry–Esseen theorem,… …
112Information bottleneck method — The information bottleneck method is a technique introduced by Tishby et al [1] for finding the best tradeoff between accuracy and complexity (compression) when summarizing (e.g. clustering) a random variable X, given a joint probability… …
113Haversine formula — The haversine formula is an equation important in navigation, giving great circle distances between two points on a sphere from their longitudes and latitudes. It is a special case of a more general formula in spherical trigonometry, the law of… …
114Euclidean minimum spanning tree — The Euclidean minimum spanning tree or EMST is a minimum spanning tree of a set of points in the plane (or more generally in Bbb{R}^n), where the weight of the edge between each pair of points is the distance between those two points. In simpler… …
115Twelve Nidānas — The Twelve Nidānas (from Pali nidāna cause, foundation, source or origin ) are the best known application of the Buddhist concept of pratītyasamutpāda (dependent origination), identifying the origins of suffering to be in craving and ignorance.… …
116Happy Ending problem — The Happy Ending problem (so named by Paul Erdős since it led to the marriage of George Szekeres and Esther Klein) is the following statement::Theorem. Any set of five points in the plane in general position [In this context, general position… …
117Cobham's thesis — The graph shows time (average of 100 instances in msec using a 933 MHz Pentium III) vs.problem size for knapsack problems for a state of the art specialized algorithm. Quadratic fit suggests that empirical algorithmic complexity for instances… …
118Yamartino method — The Yamartino method is an algorithm for calculating an approximation to the standard deviation sigma; theta; of wind direction theta; during a single pass through the incoming data. [cite journal journal = Journal of Climate and Applied… …
119Hookah lounge — The hookah lounge (also called a shisha bar or den, especially in Britain and parts of Canada, or a hookah bar) is an establishment where patrons share shisha (flavored tobacco) from a communal hookah or nargile which is placed at each table.… …
120Reassignment method — The method of reassignment is a technique forsharpening a time frequency representation by mappingthe data to time frequency coordinates that are nearer tothe true region of support of theanalyzed signal. The method has been… …
