scholarly journals Simeon Poisson and the Stanley Cup Finals

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cate Wagner ◽  
Erica Barr ◽  
Joseph Spada ◽  
Cole Joslin ◽  
Paul M. Sommers
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
North America ◽  
Poisson Distribution ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Ice Hockey ◽  
National Hockey League ◽  
Goodness Of Fit Tests ◽  
Chi Squared ◽  
Final Round

The National Hockey League is a professional ice hockey league in North America currently comprised of 31 teams.  Their seasons culminate with the Stanley Cup Playoffs.  The top sixteen teams (eight in each conference) qualify for the playoffs.  The conference champions face off in the final round, known as the Stanley Cup Finals.  The authors show that goals scored per game in the Stanley Cup Finals follow a Poisson distribution.  Using the results of all 438 Stanley Cup Final games played since 1939 (when the Finals became a best-of-seven series), chi-squared goodness-of-fit tests show that the observed distribution of goals scored per game by series winners, series losers, and game losers closely approximate a Poisson theoretical model.  The combined number of goals scored by both finalists and goals scored by game winners do not

scholarly journals Stochastic Generation of Low Stream Flow Data of Iokastis Stream, Kavala City, NE Greece

Proceedings ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (11) ◽  
pp. 579
Author(s):  
Thomas Papalaskaris ◽  
Theologos Panagiotidis
Keyword(s):  
Stream Flow ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Probability Distributions ◽  
Specific Area ◽  
Low Flow ◽  
Urban Stream ◽  
Flow Data ◽  
Goodness Of Fit Tests ◽  
Chi Squared ◽  
Anderson Darling

Only a few scientific research studies, especially dealing with extremely low flow conditions, have been compiled so far, in Greece. The present study, aiming to contribute in this specific area of hydrologic investigation, generates synthetic low stream flow time series of an entire calendar year considering the stream flow data recorded during a center interval period of the year 2015. We examined the goodness of fit tests of eleven theoretical probability distributions to daily low stream flow data acquired at a certain location of the absolutely channelized urban stream which crosses the roads junction formed by Iokastis road an Chrisostomou Smirnis road, Agios Loukas residential area, Kavala city, NE Greece, using a 3-inches conventional portable Parshall flume and calculated the corresponding probability distributions parameters. The Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Anderson-Darling and Chi-Squared, GOF tests were employed to show how well the probability distributions fitted the recorded data and the results were demonstrated through interactive tables providing us the ability to effectively decide which model best fits the observed data. Finally, the observed against the calculated low flow data are plotted, compiling a log-log scale chart and calculate statistics featuring the comparison between the recorded and the forecasted low flow data.

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