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Mike Dunlavey
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BS Mechanical Engr.
PhD CS(AI)
CS Prof (4yr)
Numerous consulting jobs.
15 yr at http://www.pharsight.com
Published book on CS & several articles
4 kids, 2 grand
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P.S. The picture is a Beta-prime distribution. It shows the program speedup factors you can get if you see a problem twice in 2, 3, 4, and 5 samples.

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52 What is the intuition behind beta distribution? Jan 15 '13
38 Relationship between Binomial and Beta distributions Nov 18 '10
14 What is the role of the logarithm in Shannon's entropy? Feb 19 '14
6 Sum of squares of residuals instead of sum of residuals Jan 28 '13
4 Need code for sampling negative binomial with non-integer $r$ Apr 20 '15
3 Is such transformed beta a known distribution? Nov 19 '12
3 Need code for sampling negative binomial with non-integer $r$ Apr 10 '15
3 How can I determine the best fit normal distribution from this information? Sep 13 '10
3 What is your favorite layman's explanation for a difficult statistical concept? Sep 14 '10
3 Why is the null hypothesis often sought to be rejected? Dec 4 '15
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