Scientific American

This mathematician proved a brilliant theorem to justify his social awkwardness

George Pólya’s random walk theorem absolved him of being a lurker and revealed how the laws of chance interact with physical ...

Bayes' Theorem: What It Is, Formula, and Examples

Bayes' theorem is a statistical formula used to calculate conditional probability. Learn how it works, how to calculate it ...
IEEE

Probability of EMC Failure and Sensitivity Analysis With Regard to Uncertain Variables by Reliability Methods

Abstract: In this study, we use a statistical approach to treat a risk analysis of an EMC default. This approach relies upon reliability methods from probabilistic engineering mechanics. An estimation ...
Frontiers

Critical Dependence of Butterflies on a Non-native Host Plant in the Urban Tropics

1 Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore 2 Nature Society (Singapore), Singapore, Singapore We consulted 30 local butterfly experts (including A. J.) ...
IEEE

Consensus and Products of Random Stochastic Matrices: Exact Rate for Convergence in Probability

Abstract: We find the exact rate for convergence in probability of products of independent, identically distributed symmetric, stochastic matrices. It is well-known that if the matrices have positive ...