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What’s the 411?

2020-02-01
By: Tim McMahon
On: February 1, 2020
In: 2020, David Austin
Tagged: 5G, Claude Shannon, polar codes, Weatherball
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The intent of this column is to explain how [Claude] Shannon proposed that we measure information and how this measure helps us understand the rate at which it can be transmitted. … David Austin Grand Valley State University Introduction Tech news these days is filled with stories about the upcomingRead More →

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More Measles

2020-01-01
By: Tim McMahon
On: January 1, 2020
In: 2020, Bill Casselman
Tagged: epidemic, herd immunity, measles, SEIR model
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More Measles In this column, I shall say more about modeling the progress of an epidemic. … Bill Casselman University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Introduction This is the second Feature Column in which I discuss the mathematics involved in the transmission of measles. The first one made a fewRead More →

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