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Gaussian distribution

noun

Statistics.


Gaussian distribution

noun

  1. another name for normal distribution
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Gaussian distribution1

First recorded in 1965–70
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The signer starts by picking y from an m-dimensional distribution, typically a discrete Gaussian distribution.

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Cluster centres for the three diploid genotypes were modelled jointly by a six-dimensional Gaussian distribution, with mean treated as a hyperparameter and set empirically based on a training set of 156 normal samples.

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If the tolerance limits are three standard deviations from the mean, and the curve is a true Gaussian distribution, then 99.7% of production will within the zone of tolerance.

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For SNP k and genotype g, observed data in normal samples were modelled as following a bivariate Gaussian distribution.

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