Publication Date
10-2003
Abstract
When we have only interval ranges [xi] of sample values x1,...,xn, what is the interval [V] of possible values for the variance V of these values? There are quadratic time algorithms for computing the exact lower bound V- on the variance of interval data, and for computing V+ under reasonable easily verifiable conditions. The problem is that in real life, we often make additional measurements. In traditional statistics, if we have a new measurement result, we can modify the value of variance in constant time. In contrast, previously known algorithms for processing interval data required that, once a new data point is added, we start from the very beginning. In this paper, we describe new algorithms for statistical processing of interval data, algorithms in which adding a data point requires only O(n) computational steps.
Original file: UTEP-CS-03-24
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Technical Reports: UTEP-CS-03-24a
Published in Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Technology InTech'03, Chiang Mai, Thailand, December 17-19, 2003, pp. 483-490.