algebraic statistics en · NOUN
Meanings
-
(uncountable) A discipline within mathematical statistics in which algebra is used to describe and analyse problems;
Algebraic statistics is concerned with the development of techniques in algebraic geometry, commutative algebra, and combinatorics, to address problems in statistics and its applications.
2009, Mathias Drton, Bernd Sturmfels, Seth Sullivant, Lectures on Algebraic Statistics, Springer (Birkhäuser), page vii:We present a brief review of classical experimental design in the spirit of algebraic statistics.
2010, G. Pistone, E. Riccomagno, M. P. Rogantin, “5: Methods in Algebraic Statistics for the Design of Experiments”, in Luc Pronzato, Anatoly Zhigljavsky, editors, Optimal Design and Related Areas in Optimization and Statistics, Springer,, page 97:That workshop was built on the algebraic statistics paradigm, which is that statistical models for discrete data can be regarded as solutions to systems of polynomial equations.
2005, Lior Pachter, Bernd Sturmfels, editors, Algebraic Statistics for Computational Biology, Volume 13, Cambridge University Press, page ix:
- (uncountable) A discipline within mathematical statistics in which algebra is used to describe and analyse problems; specifically, the use of algebraic geometry and commutative algebra in statistics. ▸ specifically, the use of algebraic geometry and commutative algebra in statistics.
Deriveds
Translations (2)
hy հանրահաշվական վիճակագրություն (discipline that uses algebra in the study of statistics) · de algebraische Statistik (discipline that uses algebra in the study of statistics)