UPDATING MEAN AND VARIANCE ESTIMATES - IMPROVED METHOD

被引:66
作者
WEST, DHD [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV DUBLIN,DUBLIN,IRELAND
关键词
mean; removing data; standard deviation; updating estimates; variance;
D O I
10.1145/359146.359153
中图分类号
TP3 [计算技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
A method of improved efficiency is given for updating the mean and variance of weighted sampled data when an additional data value is included in the set. Evidence is presented that the method is stable and at least as accurate as the best existing updating method. © 1979, ACM. All rights reserved.
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页码:532 / 535
页数:4
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