In this note we examine the relevance of Sheppards correction for variances and (both the original and a valid weak form of) the so-called quantization noise model to understanding the effects of integer-rounding on continuous random variables. We further consider whether there is any real...

Design reliability at the beginning of a product development program is typically low and development costs can account for a large proportion of total product cost. We consider how to conduct development programs (series of tests and redesigns) for one-shot systems (which are destroyed at first...

In this entry we seek to put into perspective some of the ways in which statistical methods contribute to modern engineering practice. Engineers design and oversee the production, operation, and maintenance of the products and systems that under-gird modern technological society. Their work is...

We consider problems of quantifying and monitoring accuracy and precision of measurement in mass spectrometry, particularly in contexts where there is unavoidable day-to-day/period-to-period changes in instrument sensitivity. First we consider the issue of estimating instrument sensitivity based...

We consider likelihood and Bayes analyses for the symmetric matrix von Mises-Fisher (matrix Fisher) distribution, which is a common model for three-dimensional orientations (represented by 3x3 orthogonal matrices with a positive determinant). One important characteristic of this model is a 3x3...

The technique of "majority voting" of classifiers is used in machine learning with the aim of constructing a new combined classification rule that has better characteristics than any of a given set of rules. The "Condorcet Jury Theorem" is often cited, incorrectly, as support for a claim that...