1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910706787203321

Autore

Pait Anthony S.

Titolo

An assessment of chemical contaminants detected in passive water samplers deployed in the St. Thomas east end reserves (STEER) / / Anthony S. Pait [and eight others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Silver Spring, MD : , : U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, , [2013]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (22 pages) : color illustrations, color maps

Collana

NOAA technical memorandum NOS NCCOS ; ; 157

Soggetti

Water quality management - United States Virgin Islands - Saint Thomas (Island)

Pollution - United States Virgin Islands - Saint Thomas (Island)

Water - Pollution - Detection - United States Virgin Islands - Saint Thomas (Island)

Water - Pollution - Detection - United States Virgin Islands - Saint Thomas (Island) - Equipment and supplies

Coral reef ecology - Conservation - United States Virgin Islands - Saint Thomas (Island) - Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, USVI 252 Characterization of Land-Based Sources of Pollution and Effects in the St. Thomas East End Reserve (STEER). Project ID: 20414. Principal Investigator: Tony Pait.

"June 2013."

"The authors wish to acknowledge the support from NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program(CRCP) for this project"--Acknowledgements.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 15-16).



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910437909203321

Titolo

Towards advanced data analysis by combining soft computing and statistics / / Christian Borgelt ...[et al.] (eds.)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : Springer, c2013

ISBN

9783642302787

3642302785

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (X, 378 p.)

Collana

Studies in fuzziness and soft computing, , 1434-9922 ; ; 285

Altri autori (Persone)

BorgeltChristian

Disciplina

006.3

Soggetti

Mathematical statistics - Data processing

Soft computing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and author index.

Nota di contenuto

From the Contents: Arithmetic and Distance-Based Approach to the Statistical Analysis of Imprecisely Valued Data -- Linear Regression Analysis for Interval-valued Data Based on Set Arithmetic: A Bootstrap Confidence Intervals for the Parameters of a Linear Regression Model with Fuzzy Random Variables -- On the Estimation of the Regression Model M for Interval Data -- Hybrid Least-Squares Regression Modelling Using Confidence -- Testing the Variability of Interval Data: An Application to Tidal Fluctuation.-Comparing the Medians of a Random Interval Defined by Means of Two Different L1 Metrics.-Comparing the Representativeness of the 1-norm Median for Likert and Free-response Fuzzy Scales.-Fuzzy Probability Distributions in Reliability Analysis, Fuzzy HPD-regions, and Fuzzy Predictive Distributions.

Sommario/riassunto

Soft computing, as an engineering science, and statistics, as a classical branch of mathematics, emphasize different aspects of data analysis. Soft computing focuses on obtaining working solutions quickly, accepting approximations and unconventional approaches. Its strength lies in its flexibility to create models that suit the needs arising in applications. In addition, it emphasizes the need for intuitive and interpretable models, which are tolerant to imprecision and uncertainty. Statistics is more rigorous and focuses on establishing objective



conclusions based on experimental data by analyzing the possible situations and their (relative) likelihood. It emphasizes the need for mathematical methods and tools to assess solutions and guarantee performance. Combining the two fields enhances the robustness and generalizability of data analysis methods, while preserving the flexibility to solve real-world problems efficiently and intuitively.