Continuous Variable: can take on any value between two specified values. Obtained by measuring. Covariance: a measure of the direction of the linear relationship between two variables. Discrete ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract We study the variance-to-mean ratio of the distributions of parasites among hosts for some models of parasite infection, using the cohort ...

If $X_i$ are i.i.d. and have zero mean and arbitrary finite variance the limiting probability distribution of $S_n(2) = (\sum^n_{i=1} X_i)/(\sum^n_{j=1} X_j^2)^{\frac ...

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Monte Carlo variance reduction techniques have become indispensable in radiation transport simulations, where the challenge of obtaining statistically significant results in deep-penetration problems ...