Gaussian distribution variance

To simulate noise of different levels The most unbiased noise was taken as white Gaussian distributed one. Its variance a was chosen as its main parameter, because its mean value equaled zero. The ratio of ct to the maximum level of intensity on the projections... 

These two methods generate random numbers in the normal distribution with zero me< and unit variance. A number (x) generated from this distribution can be related to i counterpart (x ) from another Gaussian distribution with mean (x ) and variance cr using... 

The most commonly encountered probability distribution is the normal, or Gaussian, distribution. A normal distribution is characterized by a true mean, p, and variance, O, which are estimated using X and s. Since the area between any two limits of a normal distribution is well defined, the construction and evaluation of significance tests are straightforward. 

The mean field treatment of such a model has been presented by Forgacs et al. [172]. They have considered the particular problem of the effects of surface heterogeneity on the order of wetting transition. Using the replica trick and assuming a Gaussian distribution of 8 Vq with the variance A (A/kT < 1), they found that the prewetting transition critical point is a function of A and... 

The random force is taken from a Gaussian distribution with zero mean and variance... 

Descriptive statistics quantify central tendency and variance of data sets. The probability of occurrence of a value in a given population can be described in terms of the Gaussian distribution. 

As an example of these techniques, we shall calculate the characteristic function of the gaussian distribution with zero mean and unit variance and then use it to calculate moments. Starting from the definition of the characteristic function, we obtain18 ... 

This result checks with our earlier calculation of the moments of the gaussian distribution, Eq. (3-66). The characteristic function of a gaussian random variable having an arbitrary mean and variance can be calculated either directly or else by means of the method outlined in the next paragraph. 

The right-hand side of Eq. (3-205) is the characteristic function of the gaussian distribution having zero mean and unit variance, and this leads us to conclude that the distribution function of sj approaches... 

A more refined argument shows that the gaussian character of the sum in Eq. (3-279) is preserved in the limit as n - oo and Art - 0 so that we may conclude that Y(t) is exactly gaussian. Since a (one-dimensional) gaussian distribution is completely specified by its mean and variance, we need merely calculate [F(t)] and E[Y2(t)] to completely determinepr(y). This is easily done as follows ... 

Statistical testing of model adequacy and significance of parameter estimates is a very important part of kinetic modelling. Only those models with a positive evaluation in statistical analysis should be applied in reactor scale-up. The statistical analysis presented below is restricted to linear regression and normal or Gaussian distribution of experimental errors. If the experimental error has a zero mean, constant variance and is independently distributed, its variance can be evaluated by dividing SSres by the number of degrees of freedom, i.e. 

Fig. 4.4. Probability density function of the force. The mean is — 1.1 and the standard deviation is 13.2. A fit with a Gaussian distribution with identical mean and variance is shown...

One can further conclude that that these two Gaussian distributions are symmetrically located on the upper and lower sides of AA, and the free energy difference A A, the mean work W OF, for the forward and — W >0 for the reverse transformation) and the variance of work obey the following relationships ... 

Now the variance in free energy difference is described in terms of the variance of work. The analysis above also indicates that the Gaussian distributions /(IF) and g W) are related... 

An example of a Gaussian distribution pair is shown in Fig. 6.9. As the switching path approaches reversibility, f(W) and g(W) becomes closer to each other and their variance decreases. Both the bias and variance of the free energy estimate also decrease. Finally, at reversibility, the two distributions coincide at x IF = AA, and converge at a single point (x = AA, f(x) = g(x) = 1), as predicted from the second law of thermodynamics. 

Just as in everyday life, in statistics a relation is a pair-wise interaction. Suppose we have two random variables, ga and gb (e.g., one can think of an axial S = 1/2 system with gN and g ). The g-value is a random variable and a function of two other random variables g = f(ga, gb). Each random variable is distributed according to its own, say, gaussian distribution with a mean and a standard deviation, for ga, for example, (g,) and oa. The standard deviation is a measure of how much a random variable can deviate from its mean, either in a positive or negative direction. The standard deviation itself is a positive number as it is defined as the square root of the variance ol. The extent to which two random variables are related, that is, how much their individual variation is intertwined, is then expressed in their covariance Cab ... 

The standard requirements for the behavior of the errors are met, that is, the errors associated with the various measurements are random, independent, normally (i. e Gaussian) distributed, and are a random sample from a (hypothetical, perhaps) population of similar errors that have a mean of zero and a variance equal to some finite value of sigma-squared. 

Figures 5 and 6 show a typical noise record y, and the corresponding QQ-plots when the noise follows a standard Gaussian distribution Fn(°) with zero mean and unit variance.

Eq. 17.42 is the expression of the resolution for CE in electrophoretic terms. However, the application of this expression for the calculation of Rs in practice is limited because of D,. The diffusion coefficient of different compounds in different media is not always available. Therefore, the resolution is frequently calculated with an expression that employs the width of the peaks obtained in an electropherogram. This way of working results in resolution values that are more realistic as all possible variances are considered (not only longitudinal diffusion in Eq. 17.42). Assuming that the migrating zones have a Gaussian distribution, the resolution can be expressed as follows ... 

The injection of the sample will theoretically result in a square-sided zone which will be broadened by mixing with the solvent to produce a trace which approximates to a Gaussian distribution about the mean. Assuming that the base of the original sample zone is small, the extent of this peak broadening may be expressed as the variance (a2) and the base of the curve (W) will equal 4tr (Figure 3.10). 

The results just obtained for < y) are, however, rarely used in applications because (v ) and T are generally not known. The Gaussian dispersion parameters aj and al are, in a sense, generalizations of (Cj) and particle displacement variances o-y and a-] are not calculated by Eq. (8.8). Rather, they are treated as empirical dispersion coefficients the functional forms of which are determined by matching the Gaussian solution to data. In that way, the empirically determined a-y and deviations from stationary, homogeneous conditions which are inherent in the assumed Gaussian distribution. 

If we assume a Gaussian distribution of the results and homogeneity of variances over the concentration range the limit for an one-tailed error probability a of 0.05 is at p + 1.64 a. 

The ratio of two independent estimates of the same variance from a Gaussian distribution based on sample sites (n + 1) and (m + 1), respectively. This ratio, often symbolized by F, can be used to test a null hypothesis. 

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