• The B method is a method of software development based on B, a tool-supported formal method based on an abstract machine notation, used in the development...
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    completion method, which means it will elect a majority-preferred candidate if one exists. In other words, if most people rank A above B, A will defeat B (whenever...
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    Runge–Kutta methods (English: /ˈrʊŋəˈkʊtɑː/ RUUNG-ə-KUUT-tah) are a family of implicit and explicit iterative methods, which include the Euler method, used...
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  • In computer science, formal methods are mathematically rigorous techniques for the specification, development, analysis, and verification of software...
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  • direct methods would deliver an exact solution (for example, solving a linear system of equations A x = b {\displaystyle A\mathbf {x} =\mathbf {b} } by...
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  • Erlang (unit) (redirect from Erlang B)
    accounting for retries when no queue is available is the Extended Erlang B method. When used to represent carried traffic, a value (which can be a non-integer...
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    released. Method Man, alongside LL Cool J, Busta Rhymes, B-Real and Coolio released a song from the Space Jam Soundtrack called, "Hit 'Em High". Method Man...
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    A Condorcet method (English: /kɒndɔːrˈseɪ/; French: [kɔ̃dɔʁsɛ]) is an election method that elects the candidate who wins a majority of the vote in every...
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    is a mnemonic for the standard method of multiplying two binomials—hence the method may be referred to as the FOIL method. The word FOIL is an acronym for...
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    In computer vision and image processing, Otsu's method, named after Nobuyuki Otsu (大津展之, Ōtsu Nobuyuki), is used to perform automatic image thresholding...
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    In numerical analysis, the Newton–Raphson method, also known simply as Newton's method, named after Isaac Newton and Joseph Raphson, is a root-finding...
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  • method: s = { b k − b k − b k − 1 f ( b k ) − f ( b k − 1 ) f ( b k ) , if  f ( b k ) ≠ f ( b k − 1 ) m otherwise  {\displaystyle s={\begin{cases}b_{k}-{\frac...
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  • In statistics, the delta method is a method of deriving the asymptotic distribution of a random variable. It is applicable when the random variable being...
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  • The scientific method is an empirical method for acquiring knowledge that has been referred to while doing science since at least the 17th century. Historically...
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  • science, Horner's method (or Horner's scheme) is an algorithm for polynomial evaluation. Although named after William George Horner, this method is much older...
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  • mathematics, Laplace's method, named after Pierre-Simon Laplace, is a technique used to approximate integrals of the form ∫ a b e M f ( x ) d x , {\displaystyle...
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    {A} }}}.} This gives the following method for solving the equation A x = b {\displaystyle \mathbf {Ax} =\mathbf {b} } : find a sequence of n {\displaystyle...
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  • quasi-Newton methods over Newton's method is that the Hessian matrix (or, in the case of quasi-Newton methods, its approximation) B {\displaystyle B} does not...
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  • A suicide method is any means by which a person may choose to end their life. Suicide attempts do not always result in death, and a non-fatal suicide attempt...
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  • The D'Hondt method, also called the Jefferson method or the greatest divisors method, is an apportionment method for allocating seats in parliaments among...
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    bisection method is a root-finding method that applies to any continuous function for which one knows two values with opposite signs. The method consists...
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  • transformation method of matrix diagonalization. The method is named after Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi. Let A x = b {\displaystyle A\mathbf {x} =\mathbf {b} } be...
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  • Dart, the cascade: a..b() ..c(); is equivalent to the individual calls: a.b(); a.c(); Method cascading is much less common than method chaining – it is found...
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  • optimizer routine uses the L-BFGS-B method. SciPy's optimization module's minimize method also includes an option to use L-BFGS-B. Notable non open source implementations...
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  • numerical analysis, Romberg's method is used to estimate the definite integral ∫ a b f ( x ) d x {\displaystyle \int _{a}^{b}f(x)\,dx} by applying Richardson...
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    Monte Carlo methods, or Monte Carlo experiments, are a broad class of computational algorithms that rely on repeated random sampling to obtain numerical...
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  • abbreviation B as a repository of herbarium specimens B (programming language) B-Method, for computer software development B-tree, a data structure Bit (b) Byte...
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    secant method is a root-finding algorithm that uses a succession of roots of secant lines to better approximate a root of a function f. The secant method can...
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  • ZB (redirect from Z B)
    2006 and 2008 to 2010 Dodge Viper ZB conference, on the Z notation and B-Method, co-organized by the Z User Group and APCB ZB Holden Commodore an Australian...
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  • Gradient descent is a method for unconstrained mathematical optimization. It is a first-order iterative algorithm for minimizing a differentiable multivariate...
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