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Randomness
I used to be of the belief that the field of statistics only exists because of the inherent nature of the universe. Put another way, I believed that everything in the known universe was ultimately deterministic, but because we do … Continue reading
Posted in lolcat, random
Tagged deterministic, dice rolling, expectation, how randomness rules our lives, just because you haven't rolled a number doesn't mean it will come up soon, lucky numbers dont do any good, pseudorandom, quantum physics, random, randomness, settlers of catan, stochastic, the drunkards walk, universe
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You wanted nerdulance / geekery…
Here it is: this is what I’m studying currently for my third and final midterm in Computational Biology. This is an exploration in Hidden Markov Models. For those of you who really aren’t interested in the Wikipedia mumbo jumbo, an … Continue reading
Posted in Academics, Graduate School, Mathematics
Tagged a priori, algorithms, backward algorithm, baum-welch, bayes rule, computational biology, emission, expectation, find the flaw: writing equations in ms word on a mac, forward algorithm, hidden markov models, is it spring break yet, likelihood, midterms, probability, statistical inference, statistics, transition, viterbi algorithm
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Theatre of Consciousness 