Category: optimization

• Notes on distributed generation of electricity and stability of microgrids

  bridge to nowhere . Carbon Tax . citizenship . civilization . climate . conservation . consumption . decentralized electric power generation . demand-side solutions . economics . efficiency . energy . energy reduction . engineering . environment . fossil fuel divestment . investing . investment in wind and solar energy . meteorology . microgrids . optimization . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . solar power . wind power

  Jan 5.2015
• On nested equivalence classes of climate models, ordered by computational complexity

  approximate Bayesian computation . Bayes . Bayesian . biology . ecology . environment . forecasting . geophysics . IPCC . mathematics . maths . MCMC . meteorology . NCAR . NOAA . oceanography . optimization . population biology . Principles of Planetary Climate . probabilistic programming . R . science . stochastic algorithms . stochastic search

  Jan 2.2015
• “[W]e want to model the process as we would simulate it.”

  approximate Bayesian computation . Bayes . Bayesian . biology . ecology . engineering . forecasting . mathematics . mathematics education . maths . model comparison . optimization . population biology . probabilistic programming . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . sociology . statistics . stochastic algorithms

  Dec 28.2014
• probabilistic discussions of climate policy

  Bayes . Bayesian . citizen science . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate education . ecology . economics . education . engineering . mathematics education . optimization . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science education . statistics

  Dec 20.2014
• Bayesian deconvolution of stick lengths

  Bayesian . Gibbs Sampling . JAGS . mathematics . maths . optimization . probabilistic programming . R . statistics . stochastic algorithms . stochastic search

  Nov 24.2014
• Emission reductions since 1990

  astrophysics . carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . chemistry . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate education . conservation . consumption . demand-side solutions . ecology . economics . energy reduction . engineering . environment . forecasting . geoengineering . geophysics . history . investing . mathematics . maths . meteorology . methane . NASA . nuclear power . oceanography . optimization . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . solar power . WHOI . wind power . Wordpress

  Aug 27.2014
• “The joy and martyrdom of trying to be a Bayesian”

  Bayesian . BUGS . Gibbs Sampling . JAGS . MCMC . optimization . probabilistic programming . R . rationality . reasonableness . risk . SPSA . statistics . stochastic algorithms . stochastic search

  Aug 27.2014
• Sea Level Rise, after Church and White (2006)

  Bayesian . carbon dioxide . civilization . climate . climate education . conservation . consumption . ecology . economics . education . efficiency . energy . energy reduction . engineering . environment . forecasting . geoengineering . geophysics . humanism . MCMC . meteorology . oceanography . optimization . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . science . statistics

  Jul 14.2014
• Wind Energy for Homes in Massachusetts

  carbon dioxide . climate education . conservation . consumption . demand-side solutions . economics . efficiency . energy . energy reduction . engineering . environment . investing . optimization . rationality . reasonableness . risk . solar power . wind power

  Jun 7.2014
• The Alternative to Divestment from Fossil Fuels …

  chemistry . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate education . conservation . consumption . demand-side solutions . ecology . economics . education . engineering . environment . geoengineering . geophysics . investing . optimization . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science

  Mar 22.2014
• “Bayes’ theorem in the 21st century”

  Bayesian . education . maths . optimization . rationality . SPSA . statistics . stochastic algorithms . stochastic search

  Aug 13.2013