Category Archives: linear regression

Calculating Derivatives from Random Forests

Posted on 27 June 2020 by ecoquant

(Comment on prediction intervals for random forests, and links to a paper.) (Edits to repair smudges, 2020-06-28, about 0945 EDT. Closing comment, 2020-06-30, 1450 EDT.) There are lots of ways of learning about mathematical constructs, even about actual machines. One … Continue reading →

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Reanalysis of business visits from deployments of a mobile phone app

Posted on 20 February 2020 by ecoquant

Updated, 20th October 2020 This reports a reanalysis of data from the deployment of a mobile phone app, as reported in: M. Yauck, L.-P. Rivest, G. Rothman, “Capture-recapture methods for data on the activation of applications on mobile phones“, Journal … Continue reading →

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