Isotonic estimators of monotone densities and distribution functions: basic facts

1993 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 175-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Groeneboom ◽  
H. P. Lopuhaa
Author(s):  
Stefan Thurner ◽  
Rudolf Hanel ◽  
Peter Klimekl

Phenomena, systems, and processes are rarely purely deterministic, but contain stochastic,probabilistic, or random components. For that reason, a probabilistic descriptionof most phenomena is necessary. Probability theory provides us with the tools for thistask. Here, we provide a crash course on the most important notions of probabilityand random processes, such as odds, probability, expectation, variance, and so on. Wedescribe the most elementary stochastic event—the trial—and develop the notion of urnmodels. We discuss basic facts about random variables and the elementary operationsthat can be performed on them. We learn how to compose simple stochastic processesfrom elementary stochastic events, and discuss random processes as temporal sequencesof trials, such as Bernoulli and Markov processes. We touch upon the basic logic ofBayesian reasoning. We discuss a number of classical distribution functions, includingpower laws and other fat- or heavy-tailed distributions.


Author(s):  
W. Chiu ◽  
M.F. Schmid ◽  
T.-W. Jeng

Cryo-electron microscopy has been developed to the point where one can image thin protein crystals to 3.5 Å resolution. In our study of the crotoxin complex crystal, we can confirm this structural resolution from optical diffractograms of the low dose images. To retrieve high resolution phases from images, we have to include as many unit cells as possible in order to detect the weak signals in the Fourier transforms of the image. Hayward and Stroud proposed to superimpose multiple image areas by combining phase probability distribution functions for each reflection. The reliability of their phase determination was evaluated in terms of a crystallographic “figure of merit”. Grant and co-workers used a different procedure to enhance the signals from multiple image areas by vector summation of the complex structure factors in reciprocal space.


1997 ◽  
Vol 7 (C2) ◽  
pp. C2-577-C2-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. V. Surnin ◽  
D. E. Denisov ◽  
Yu. V. Ruts ◽  
P. M. Knjazev

1998 ◽  
Vol 08 (PR7) ◽  
pp. Pr7-33-Pr7-42
Author(s):  
L. L. Alves ◽  
G. Gousset ◽  
C. M. Ferreira

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