News tagged with statistical information
Game of go: A complex network
Could computers ever beat the best go players? Although unthinkable at this stage, this could soon become possible, thanks to CNRS theorists. For the first time, two scientists from the Theoretical Physics ...
Apr 16, 2012 |
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How quantum physics could make 'The Matrix' more efficient
Researchers have discovered a new way in which computers based on quantum physics could beat the performance of classical computers. The work, by researchers based in Singapore and the UK, implies that a Matrix-like ...
Mar 29, 2012 |
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Learning about material integrity from statistical data
Whether it protects space satellites or sequesters nuclear waste, scientists want to understand tiny features that could significantly alter how a material behaves. Locating microscopic defects can be done ...
Feb 07, 2012 |
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UofL biostatistician to develop statistical model that could help answer medical questions
A University of Louisville professor is developing a statistical model that, among other things, may help determine what prolongs cancer free survival.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 02, 2011 |
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Stock market model first to reproduce main properties of the real market
(PhysOrg.com) -- Since the early '90s, researchers have been developing simulations of financial markets with the goal to better understand market dynamics. While their models have improved since then to explain ...
Jul 14, 2010 |
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Using science to identify true soccer stars
(PhysOrg.com) -- As a young boy growing up in Portugal, Luis Amaral loved playing, watching and talking soccer. Amaral and his friends passionately debated about which players were "the best." But, it was ...
Jun 16, 2010 |
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Migration of key employees to competitors hinders organizational success
A study by researchers from the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University explored the competitive advantage organizations gain when hiring key employees away from a competitor. The loss of a key employee can ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 18, 2009 |
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How to Measure What We Don't Know
(PhysOrg.com) -- How do we discover new things? For scientists, observation and measurement are the main ways to extract information from Nature. Based on observations, scientists build models that, in turn, are used to make ...
Sep 10, 2009 |
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Dialect Detectives
(PhysOrg.com) -- Technology under development by Pedro Torres-Carrasquillo and his colleagues at Lincoln Laboratory may lead to a dialect identification system that compensates for a translator's inexperience ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 16, 2009 |
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Carnegie Mellon engineers create mobile video service
Carnegie Mellon University engineering faculty, Priya Narasimhan and Rajeev Gandhi, and their students have created a new, unique large-scale mobile wireless video service designed to enhance sports fans' experience at games. ...
Mar 04, 2009 |
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Predicting risk of stroke from one's genetic blueprint
A new statistical model could be used to predict an individual's lifetime risk of stroke, finds a study from the Children's Hospital Informatics Program (CHIP). Using genetic information from 569 hospital patients, the researchers ...
Feb 25, 2009 |
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Researcher proposes statistical method to enhance airport secondary security screenings
A researcher at The University of Texas at Austin has found that secondary security screening at airports is mathematically flawed, and has identified a way to select people for screenings more efficiently and fairly.
Feb 02, 2009 |
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