Abstract: In this letter, a highly accurate approximate approach for the sum of arbitrary correlated Weibull random variables is proposed. Specifically, closed-form approximate expressions for the ...

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Abstract: Inferring the causal structure of a set of random variables from a finite sample of the joint distribution is an important problem in science. The case of two random variables is ...

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R package, implementing a three steps variable selection procedure based on random forests. Initially developed to handle high dimensional data (for which number of variables largely exceeds number of ...

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1 Medical Research Council Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, Bristol, UK 2 Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK 3 Division ...

A random number generator (RNG) is a type of algorithm or hardware device that can produce a series of arbitrary numbers. The quality of an RNG is often measured by its ability to produce ...

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It is the mark of an educated mind to rest satisfied with the degree of precision that the nature of the subject admits and not to seek exactness where only an approximation is possible. —Aristotle $$ ...