In both manufacturing and service operations effective scheduling plays an important role in achieving delivery performance and in utilizing resources economically. Classical scheduling theory takes a ...

Bayesian inference provides a robust framework for combining prior knowledge with new evidence to update beliefs about uncertain quantities. In the context of statistical inverse problems, this ...

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series D (The Statistician) The Statistician joined the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society as its Series D from the journal of the Institute of ...

In their article “Make Math a Gateway, Not a Gatekeeper” (The Chronicle, April 23), Anthony S. Bryk and Uri Treisman describe a problem and how the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching ...

The first study of why people struggle to solve statistical problems reveals a preference for complicated rather than simpler, more intuitive solutions -- which often leads to failure in solving the ...

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They call it “the beautiful game,” but from a statistical point of view, soccer’s beauty is little more than skin deep. At least that’s how Gerald Skinner from the University of Maryland and his mate ...

“Evidence for a limit to human lifespan” contains two analysis: one on supercentenarians and one survival data. Experts think both are doubtful. The article Evidence for a limit to human lifespan ...

The White House subsequently withdrew Mr Antoni’s nomination. Yet for the past month America’s government shutdown has ...