I previously talked about measurements (some) when I looked at the uncertainty in the distance to the Sun. One of the simple ways of determining the uncertainty of a calculated quantity is to use the ...

The VISTA telescope observed the Trifid Nebula, identifying previously hidden variable stars. These variable stars exhibit a period-luminosity relationship, meaning their intrinsic brightness is ...

Yang, Mochen, Edward McFowland III, Gordon Burtch, and Gediminas Adomavicius. "Achieving Reliable Causal Inference with Data-Mined Variables: A Random Forest Approach ...

Value-at-risk and expected shortfall (ES) are ubiquitous in finance. They are used by banks and asset managers to estimate the risk of portfolios. Regulators use them to set capital requirements. To ...

Setting event literature has generally failed to address issues of concern in the measurement and control of the three terms of the operant, including antecedents, behaviors, and consequences. We ...