News tagged with bayesian model

Eighteenth century minister's mathematical theorem helps scientists map out cell signalling pathways

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Glasgow have successfully exploited statistical inference and mathematical modelling to discover how cells communicate.

Biology / Other

created Mar 30, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research shows brain cells make clever connections

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Queensland research has revealed that growing nerve fibres may navigate by using a clever mathematical trick.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jun 10, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1




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The numbers game

Dipak Dey, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Statistics and associate dean in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has been called an ambassador for the field. A prolific researcher, he is ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Researchers identify genetic signatures of exceptional longevity in re-published study

While environment and family history are factors in healthy aging, genetic variants play a critical and complex role in conferring exceptional longevity, according to researchers from the Boston University Schools of Public ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researcher develops new way to assess risk for chemicals

Approximately 80,000 industrial chemicals are in use and about 700 new chemicals are introduced to commerce each year in the United States, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office. To assess human health risks ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The modeling of multiple relationships in social networks

A study conducted by Columbia Business School's Prof. Asim Ansari, William T. Dillard Professor of Marketing, Marketing, and Oded Koenigsberg, Barbara and Meyer Feldberg Associate Professor of Business, Marketing, alongside ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study reveals clues to how humans became sociable

(PhysOrg.com) -- Humans have evolved to become the most flexible of the primates and being able to live in lots of different social settings sets us apart from non-human primates, suggests research by University ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (9) | comments 34 | with audio podcast

Astronomy without a telescope: The unlikeliness of being

History has proved time and again that mathematical modelling is no substitute for a telescope (or other data collection device). Nonetheless, some theoreticians have recently put forward a statistical analysis ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Aug 01, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 54 | with audio podcast

Study: Generosity emerges from evolution of cooperation

(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine you're dining at a restaurant in a city you're visiting for the first –– and, most likely the last –– time. Chances are slim to none that you'll ever see your server again, so ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jul 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2 | with audio podcast

How advanced behaviour modelling is helping to identify online fraud

A company that emerged from pioneering research in the Cambridge University Engineering Department is leading the field in the development of software based on predictive behavioural modelling for use in the ...

Technology / Software

created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Razing Seattle's viaduct doesn't guarantee nightmare commutes, model says

Debate about how to replace Seattle's deteriorating waterfront highway has centered on uncertainties in the project's price tag. Drilling a deep-bore tunnel and building an underground highway is estimated ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 10, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Functional boost for magnetic resonance imaging

Over the last few years, researchers have used a type of brain scanning, known as functional magnetic resonance imaging fMRI, to help them map changes in blood flow in the brain and to correlate this with thoughts and behavior. ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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