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Shasha, Dennis Elliott was born on August 15, 1955 in White Plains, New York, United States. Son of Alfred and Hanina (Zilkha) Shasha.
(Statistics is the activity of inferring results about a p...)
Statistics is the activity of inferring results about a population given a sample. Historically, statistics books assume an underlying distribution to the data (typically, the normal distribution) and derive results under that assumption. Unfortunately, in real life, one cannot normally be sure of the underlying distribution. For that reason, this book presents a distribution-independent approach to statistics based on a simple computational counting idea called resampling. This book explains the basic concepts of resampling, then system atically presents the standard statistical measures along with programs (in the language Python) to calculate them using resampling, and finally illustrates the use of the measures and programs in a case study. The text uses junior high school algebra and many examples to explain the concepts. Th e ideal reader has mastered at least elementary mathematics, likes to think procedurally, and is comfortable with computers. Table of Contents: The Basic Idea / Pragmatic Considerations when Using Resampling / Terminology / The Essential Stats / Case Study: New Mexico's 2004 Presidential Ballots / References / Bias Corrected Confidence Intervals / Appendix B
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(In this sequel to "The Puzzling Adventure of Dr Ecco", th...)
In this sequel to "The Puzzling Adventure of Dr Ecco", the world-renowned puzzle-master and omniheurist has been captured by a brilliant criminal by the name of Baskerhound, who forces our hero to solve puzzles for Baskerhound's gain. Ecco escapes, but the battle of wits has only just begun! Along with Dr Ecco and his colleagues, the reader is invited to solve the challenging and original mathematical puzzles that form part of the narrative in the ensuing adventures. As in Dennis Shasha's previous volume, "The Puzzling Adventures of Dr Ecco", no extensive mathematical background is required - only clever thinking and a passion for puzzles.
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(In this sequel to "The Puzzling Adventure of Dr Ecco", th...)
In this sequel to "The Puzzling Adventure of Dr Ecco", the world-renowned puzzle master and omniheurist has been captured by a brilliant criminal by the name of Baskerhound, who forces our hero to solve puzzles for Baskerhound's gain. Ecco escapes, but the battle of wits has only just begun! Along with Dr Ecco and his colleagues, the reader is invited to solve the challenging and original mathematical puzzles that form part of the narrative in the ensuing adventures. As in Dennis Shasha's previous volume, "The Puzzling Adventures of Dr. Ecco", no extensive mathematical background is required - only clever thinking and a passion for puzzles.
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* Aimed at both working programmers who are applying for a job where puzzles are an integral part of the interview, as well as techies who just love a good puzzle, this book offers a cache of exciting puzzles * Features a new series of puzzles, never before published, called elimination puzzles that have a pedagogical aim of helping the reader solve an entire class of Sudoku-like puzzles * Provides the tools to solve the puzzles by hand and computer * The first part of each chapter presents a puzzle; the second part shows readers how to solve several classes of puzzles algorithmically; the third part asks the reader to solve a mystery involving codes, puzzles, and geography * Comes with a unique bonus: if readers actually solve the mystery, they have a chance to win a prize, which will be promoted on wrox.com!
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Finding patterns in biomolecular data, particularly in DNA and RNA, is at the center of modern biological research. These data are complex and growing rapidly, so the search for patterns requires increasingly sophisticated computer methods. Pattern Discovery in Biomolecular Data provides a clear, up-to-date summary of the principal techniques. Each chapter is self-contained, and the techniques are drawn from many fields, including graph theory, information theory, statistics, genetic algorithms, computer visualization, and vision. Since pattern searches often benefit from multiple approaches, the book presents methods in their purest form so that readers can best choose the method or combination that fits their needs. The chapters focus on finding patterns in DNA, RNA, and protein sequences, finding patterns in 2D and 3D structures, and choosing system components. This volume will be invaluable for all workers in genomics and genetic analysis, and others whose research requires biocomputing.
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Shasha, Dennis Elliott was born on August 15, 1955 in White Plains, New York, United States. Son of Alfred and Hanina (Zilkha) Shasha.
Bachelor of Science, Yale University, 1977; Master of Arts, Syracuse University, 1980; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1984.
Engineer International Business Machines Corporation, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1977-1980. From assistant to associate professor New York University, New York City, 1984-1995, professor, since 1995. Consultant American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell Laboratories, Summit, New Jersey, 1985-1994, Union Bank Switzerland, 1994-1998, Bellcore, 1994, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, since 1999.
(* Aimed at both working programmers who are applying for ...)
(In this sequel to "The Puzzling Adventure of Dr Ecco", th...)
(In this sequel to "The Puzzling Adventure of Dr Ecco", th...)
(Finding patterns in biomolecular data, particularly in DN...)
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(Database tuning is the activity of making a database appl...)
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Married Karen Shashoua, June 5, 1983. Children: Cloe, Liane, Tyler, Eli.