Computing sum of products about the mean with pairwise algorithms.

We discuss pairwise algorithms, a kind of computational algorithm which can be useful in dynamically updating statistics as new samples of data are collected. Since test data are usually collected through time as individual data sets, these algorithms would be profitably used in computer programs t...

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Publicado en:Psychological Reports Vol. 81; no. 3; pp. 1387 - 1392
Autores principales: Molina, J. Gabriel, Valero, Pedro M., Sanmartín, Jaime
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Publicado: Ammons Scientific, Ltd. Dec97 Part 2
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Sumario:We discuss pairwise algorithms, a kind of computational algorithm which can be useful in dynamically updating statistics as new samples of data are collected. Since test data are usually collected through time as individual data sets, these algorithms would be profitably used in computer programs to treat this situation. Pairwise algorithms are presented for calculating the sum of products of deviations about the mean for adding a sample of data (or removing one) to the whole data set. Reprinted by permission of the publisher, (1997).