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Article #585QUESTION FROM AN IGNORANT CHEMIST
From: David Chasman
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 15:44
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 15:44
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This is probably a silly question, but I can't learn if I don't ask
questions:
I have the following data analysis problem:
I have a set on values: { y_i }
I hypothesize that these values are related to some x's
by
y_i = sum_{n=1}^D x_n(i)
x_n(i) are just some values and more than 2 y_i may have an x_n(i) in common.
Generally, D will be 1-10 :
For example :
x_1(1) = 1 x_1(2) = 1
x_2(1) = 1 x_2(2) = 2
x_3(1) = 2 x_3(2) = 1
x_4(1) = 2 x_4(2) = 2
so: y_1 = 2 y_2 = 3 y_3 = 3 y_4 = 4
The questions are : (1) can I figure out what D is ?
(2) can I giure out the x_n(i) ?
Answers to either question are appreciated
Thankyou --David Chasman
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Newsgroups: sci.math.stat Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-picayune.mit.edu!athena.mit.edu!chasman From: chasman@athena.mit.edu (David Chasman) Subject: QUESTION FROM AN IGNORANT CHEMIST Message-ID: <1992Nov12.154410.28408@athena.mit.edu> Sender: news@athena.mit.edu (News system) Nntp-Posting-Host: e40-008-11.mit.edu Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 15:44:10 GMT Lines: 38