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Bloniarz, Adam Edward.

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Leveraging latent structure in high-dimensional data: Causality, neuroscience, and nonparametrics.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Leveraging latent structure in high-dimensional data: Causality, neuroscience, and nonparametrics./
作者:	Bloniarz, Adam Edward.
出版者:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2016,
面頁冊數:	119 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-03(E), Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International78-03B(E).
標題:	Statistics. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10150994
ISBN:	9781369057584

Leveraging latent structure in high-dimensional data: Causality, neuroscience, and nonparametrics.
Bloniarz, Adam Edward.

Leveraging latent structure in high-dimensional data: Causality, neuroscience, and nonparametrics. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2016 - 119 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-03(E), Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 2016.

Many scientific fields have been changed by rapid technological progress in data collection, storage, and processing. This has greatly expanded the role of statistics in scientific research. The three chapters of this thesis examine core challenges faced by statisticians engaged in scientific collaborations, where the complexity of the data require use of high-dimensional or nonparametric methods, and statistical methods need to leverage lower dimensional structure that exists in the data.

ISBN: 9781369057584Subjects--Topical Terms:

517247
Statistics.

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