by Dwayne Phillips Logarithms help represent large and complex items with smaller and simpler concepts. We forget this at our peril. I used a slide rule in years gone past. It functions on logarithms. These take large numbers and represent them with small numbers. It really is a remarkable concept. The logarithm concept has been […]
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Logarithms and Other Old but New Concepts
February 20th, 2020 · No Comments
Tags: Concepts · Data Science · Estimation · General Systems Thinking
A STEM Fable
October 3rd, 2019 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips A group of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) folks sit at a table and dream. This is a fable. Don’t take it seriously folks. One day in the cafeteria at a college, a group of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) persons gathered at a table near the patio. (Actually, it was a […]
Tags: Data Science · Fable
Data Science and that Old Green Textbook
August 8th, 2019 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Are you a data scientist? Have you ever read that old green textbook? Probably not, and that is unfortunate. I’ve been delving into data science lately. I’ve applied for a few jobs with the title “Data Scientist.” I’m not sure what a data scientist is, but much of what I have learned […]
Tags: Data Science · Learning · Pattern Classification · Patterns