Timeline for Statistics on mathematical "data"?
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| Oct 22, 2011 at 3:56 | vote | accept | OctaviaQ | ||
| Oct 22, 2011 at 3:56 | vote | accept | OctaviaQ | ||
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| Oct 16, 2011 at 0:51 | comment | added | OctaviaQ | But it is very helpful... it can be confusing with all the different options of different types of simulation, and numeric analysis, and statistical methods on top... I don't know how to categorize what I am trying to do. | |
| Oct 16, 2011 at 0:50 | comment | added | OctaviaQ | @Karl It is helpful, thank you!! I actually did a simulation first. I was told I should try for an analytical solution. I've been working on it for months. And I'm just not sure if what I have (assuming I use Integrate instead of NIntegrate... just get INSANELY long fractions) counts as analytical... I am not sure what category to put it into. | |
| Oct 16, 2011 at 0:49 | comment | added | OctaviaQ | If I can use Integrate instead of NIntegrate to get exact values for all the points I expressly use, then it's not simulation or numerical methods... it's just finding a statistical relationship among mathematical points. Or is that simulation? What would I call that? | |
| Oct 16, 2011 at 0:47 | comment | added | Karl | @Jand - yes what you're doing is numerical calculations; I just thought it might be helpful for you to take it a bit further and think of simulations. | |
| Oct 16, 2011 at 0:47 | comment | added | OctaviaQ | @Karl... hmm.. so if I understand correctly: Simulation is using, say, a monte carlo method to approximate a value. Numerical analysis is using a computer program to approximate the value of a mathematical formula/integral. And statistical analysis can be run on the results of either method. Is that much correct? What would I call running statistics on the purely analytical solutions at various points? | |
| Oct 15, 2011 at 23:41 | history | edited | Karl | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
fixed typo
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| Oct 15, 2011 at 23:34 | comment | added | Fomite | +1 While I love simulation as a method, it's good to know exactly what you're doing. | |
| Oct 15, 2011 at 22:58 | history | answered | Karl | CC BY-SA 3.0 |