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Friday, October 8, 2010

100 Araw: Ang pagtutuos sa daang matuwid (Part 6)

End of (100) days
by Dr. Giovanni Tapang, Ph.D.

In investigating the characteristics of a certain system, one usually performs several measurements simultaneously on it to obtain an average description. Alternatively, one can observe the system for a certain period to find statistical and qualitative behavior patterns that do not change over time. If we have a-priori knowledge about the system’s dynamics, unexpected data points usually indicate the need to revise our original description. On the other hand, if the measurements match our a-priori description, it further validates it and makes it useful in forecasting future behavior.