News tagged with statistical predictions

Computer models predicts path of lost hikers

(PhysOrg.com) -- The next time a Boy Scout is lost in the wilderness, search and rescue teams could have better statistics on their side in deciding where to look.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 08, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Prediction model superior to traditional criteria in bladder treatment decision

A statistical model can accurately predict which patients will have poor outcomes after bladder surgery and can determine the need for chemotherapy. The analysis, to be published in the December 1, 2009 issue of CANCER, a peer ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Future medical conditions predicted with new statistical model

Analyzing medical records from thousands of patients, statisticians have devised a statistical model for predicting what other medical problems a patient might encounter.

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created 13 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

MIT, Intel unveil new initiatives addressing 'big data'

MIT has been selected from among 55 institutions that submitted 157 proposals to host a new Intel research center that will concentrate on what’s come to be called “big data” -- new techniques ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Homing in on Higgs: Michigan researchers predict summer discovery (w/ Video)

(Phys.org) -- Whether the Higgs boson exists could be settled by the end of summer, say University of Michigan physicists involved in the search for the missing piece of particle physics' Standard Model.

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 26 | with audio podcast

Hurricane season is here, and FSU scientists predict a near-normal one

Scientists at the Florida State University Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS) have released their fourth annual Atlantic hurricane season forecast, using a unique computer model with a knack for predicting ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Hubble shows Milky Way is destined for head-on collision with Andromeda galaxy

(Phys.org) -- NASA astronomers announced Thursday they can now predict with certainty the next major cosmic event to affect our galaxy, sun, and solar system: the titanic collision of our Milky Way galaxy ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (23) | comments 82 | with audio podcast

Talking works: UB professor develops method to analyze creative problem solving

(Phys.org) -- Talk -- if it's the right kind -- can increase creativity, leading students to create useful, new ideas that solve problems, a University at Buffalo professor has found by using a statistical tool that he invented.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 25, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Discarded data may hold the key to a sharper view of molecules

(Phys.org) -- There's nothing like a new pair of eyeglasses to bring fine details into sharp relief. For scientists who study the large molecules of life from proteins to DNA, the equivalent of new lenses have come in the ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Economic power of self-employment felt countywide

People in rural counties who work for themselves may add a boost to local economies, improving income and job growth, according to economists.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Civil engineers find savings where the rubber meets the road

A new study by civil engineers at MIT shows that using stiffer pavements on the nation’s roads could reduce vehicle fuel consumption by as much as 3 percent — a savings that could add up to 273 million ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Ancient tree-ring records from southwest U.S. suggest today's megafires are truly unusual

Today’s mega forest fires of the southwestern U.S. are truly unusual and exceptional in the long-term record, suggests a new study that examined hundreds of years of ancient tree ring and fire data from ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 2


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