Comments for The Free Variable http://thefreevariable.com/blog Pattern recognition, time series and drilling Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:18:51 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on A conference warm-up exercise by The Free Variable » Blog Archive » Crowdsourcing – could it work in the oil and gas industry? http://thefreevariable.com/blog/2011/09/a-conference-warm-up-exercise/comment-page-1/#comment-4973 The Free Variable » Blog Archive » Crowdsourcing – could it work in the oil and gas industry? Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:18:51 +0000 http://thefreevariable.com/blog/?p=202#comment-4973 [...] the videos from last year’s conference, my personal favourite is another talk in the “what can we learn from x” genre, this time with John A. Fredrickson from [...] [...] the videos from last year’s conference, my personal favourite is another talk in the “what can we learn from x” genre, this time with John A. Fredrickson from [...]

]]> Comment on A take on presenting predictions by Quora http://thefreevariable.com/blog/2009/03/a-take-on-presenting-predictions/comment-page-1/#comment-4625 Quora Fri, 08 Jul 2011 07:15:31 +0000 http://thefreevariable.com/blog/?p=55#comment-4625 <strong>What do hour-by-hour weather probabilities mean?...</strong> The probabilistic forecasts I've read about work this way: Several weather forecasts are run in parallel. Each with slightly different settings, since weather measurements cannot completely capture the state of the atmosphere today and the models are ... What do hour-by-hour weather probabilities mean?…

The probabilistic forecasts I’ve read about work this way: Several weather forecasts are run in parallel. Each with slightly different settings, since weather measurements cannot completely capture the state of the atmosphere today and the models are …

]]> Comment on A take on presenting predictions by Quora http://thefreevariable.com/blog/2009/03/a-take-on-presenting-predictions/comment-page-1/#comment-4266 Quora Mon, 09 May 2011 20:04:48 +0000 http://thefreevariable.com/blog/?p=55#comment-4266 <strong>Is ensemble-based averaging (in atmospheric science) related to ensemble learning?...</strong> Maybe When I last blogged about the ensemble averaging in weather forecasts [1] that was my take on it. Averaging can be an acceptable method to combine predictions and one use of ensembles is after all to estimate uncertainty. But there are counter-ar... Is ensemble-based averaging (in atmospheric science) related to ensemble learning?…

Maybe When I last blogged about the ensemble averaging in weather forecasts [1] that was my take on it. Averaging can be an acceptable method to combine predictions and one use of ensembles is after all to estimate uncertainty. But there are counter-ar…

]]> Comment on Logo surprise by Emil D http://thefreevariable.com/blog/2009/05/logo-surprise/comment-page-1/#comment-1751 Emil D Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:12:20 +0000 http://thefreevariable.com/blog/?p=88#comment-1751 Hey! So far I haven't heard anything positive about this logo in the norwegian media. I must admit the only thing I really like about the logo is the colour. I'll miss the o'l flame. Hey!

So far I haven’t heard anything positive about this logo in the norwegian media. I must admit the only thing I really like about the logo is the colour. I’ll miss the o’l flame.

]]> Comment on Yahoo’s machine learning challenges by Roar Nybø http://thefreevariable.com/blog/2009/02/yahoos-machine-learning-challenges/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Roar Nybø Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:47:13 +0000 http://thefreevariable.com/blog/?p=31#comment-3 Hi! :-) I'm afraid there's only an overlap in the math and in the type of challenge, but yes I should get around to blog the details. Hi! :-) I’m afraid there’s only an overlap in the math and in the type of challenge, but yes I should get around to blog the details.

]]> Comment on Yahoo’s machine learning challenges by lynive http://thefreevariable.com/blog/2009/02/yahoos-machine-learning-challenges/comment-page-1/#comment-2 lynive Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:21:41 +0000 http://thefreevariable.com/blog/?p=31#comment-2 Please! I'd love to see how you used proteomics to study drilling time series analysis! Please! I’d love to see how you used proteomics to study drilling time series analysis!

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