1 A absolute value accept acceptable region additivity adjusted alternative hypothesis analysis analysis of covariance analysis of variance arithmetic

arithmetic mean association assumption assumption checking availability average B balanced band bar chart beta-distribution between groups

bias binomial distribution binomial test C calculate case category center of gravity central tendency chi-square distribution chi-square test classify cluster analysis coefficient coefficient of correlation collinearity column compare comparison components compound confidence interval

consistency constant continuous variable control charts correlation covariance covariance matrix critical point critical value crosstab cubic cubic term cumulative distribution function curve estimation D data default definition deleted residual density function dependent variable description

design of experiment deviations df.(degree of freedom) diagnostic dimension discrete variable discriminant function discriminatory analysis distance distribution D-optimal design D- E eaqual effects of interaction efficiency eigenvalue equal size equation error estimate estimation of parameters estimations

evaluate exact value expectation expected value exponential exponential distributon extreme value F factor factor analysis factor score factorial designs factorial experiment fit fitted line fitted value fixed model fixed variable fractional factorial design frequency F-test F full factorial design

function G gamma distribution geometric mean group H harmomic mean heterogeneity histogram homogeneity homogeneity of variance hypothesis hypothesis test I independence independent variable independent-samples index index of correlation interaction interclass correlation interval estimate intraclass correlation

inverse iterate K kernal Kolmogorov-Smirnov test - kurtosis L large sample problem layer least-significant difference least-square estimation least-square method level level of significance leverage value life life test likelihood function likelihood ratio test linear linear estimator linear model

linear regression linear relation linear term logarithmic logarithms logistic lost function M main effect matrix maximum maximum likelihood estimation mean squared deviation(MSD) mean sum of square measure media M-estimator M minimum missing values mixed model mode model

Monte Carle method moving average multicollinearity multiple comparison multiple correlation multiple correlation coefficient multiple correlation coefficient multiple regression analysis multiple regression equation multiple response multivariate analysis N negative relationship nonadditively nonlinear nonlinear regression noparametric tests normal distribution null hypothesis number of cases O one-sample one-tailed test

one-way ANOVA one-way classification optimal optimum allocation order order statistics origin orthogonal outliers P paired observations paired-sample parameter parameter estimation partial correlation partial correlation coefficient partial regression coefficient percent percentiles pie chart point estimate poisson distribution

polynomial curve polynomial regression polynomials positive relationship power P-P plot P-P predict predicted value prediction intervals principal component analysis proability probability density function probit analysis proportion Q qadratic Q-Q plot Q-Q quadratic term quality control quantitative quartiles R random

random number random number random sampling random seed random variable randomization range rank rank correlation rank statistic regression analysis regression coefficient regression line reject rejection region relationship reliability repeated report residual residual sum of squares response

risk function robustness root mean square row run run test S sample sample size sample space sampling sampling inspection scatter chart S-curve S separately sets sign test significance significance level significance testing significant significant digits

skewed distribution skewness small sample problem smooth sort soruces of variation space spread square standard deviation standard error of mean standardization standardize statistic statistical quality control std. residual stepwise regression analysis stimulus strong assumption stud. deleted residual stud. residual subsamples

sufficient statistic sum sum of squares summary T table t-distribution t test test criterion test for linearity test of goodness of fit test of homogeneity test of independence test rules test statistics testing function time series tolerance limits total transformation treatment trimmed mean

true value t-test t two-tailed test U unbalanced unbiased estimation unbiasedness uniform distribution V value of estimator variable variance variance components variance ratio various vector W weight weighted average within groups Z Z score Z

2.

A active constraint active set method analytic gradient approximate arbitrary argument attainment factor B bandwidth be equivalent to best-fit bound

C coefficient complex-value component constant constrained constraint constraint function continuous

converge cubic polynomial interpolation method curve-fitting D data-fitting default define diagonal direct search method direction of search discontinuous E eigenvalue empty matrix equality exceeded F feasible feasible solution finite-difference first-order G Gauss-Newton method -

goal attainment problem gradient gradient method H handle Hessian matrix I independent variables inequality infeasibility infeasible initial feasible solution initialize inverse invoke iteration iteration J Jacobian L Lagrange multiplier large-scale least square

least squares sense Levenberg-Marquardt method - line search linear linear equality constraints linear programming problem local solution M medium-scale minimize mixed quadratic and cubic polynomial interpolation and extrapolation method multiobjective N nonlinear norm O objective function observed data optimization routine optimize optimizer

over-determined system P parameter partial derivatives polynomial interpolation method Q quadratic quadratic interpolation method quadratic programming R real-value residuals robust robustness S scalar semi-infinitely problem Sequential Quadratic Programming method simplex search method solution sparse matrix sparsity pattern

sparsity structure starting point step length subspace trust region method sum-of-squares symmetric matrix T termination message termination tolerance the exit condition the method of steepest descent transpose U unconstrained under-determined system V variable vector W weighting matrix

A approximation

array a spline in b-form/b-spline b a spline of polynomial piece /ppform spline B bivariate spline function break/breaks C coefficient/coefficients cubic interpolation / cubic polynomial cubic smoothing spline cubic spline cubic spline interpolation / curve D degree of freedom dimension E end conditions I input argument interpolation /

interval K knot/knots L least-squares approximation M multiplicity multivariate function O optional argument order output argument P point/points R rational spline rounding error S scalar sequence spline spline approximation / spline function spline curve spline interpolation /

spline surface smoothing spline T tolerance U univariate function V vector W weight/weights

A absolute error absolute tolerance adaptive mesh B boundary condition C contour plot converge coordinate D decomposed decomposed geometry matrix

diagonal matrix Dirichlet boundary conditions Dirichlet E eigenvalue elliptic error estimate exact solution G generalized Neumann boundary condition Neumann geometry geometry description matrix geometry matrix graphical user interfaceGUI H hyperbolic I initial mesh J jiggle L Lagrange multipliers Laplace equation

linear interpolation loop M machine precision mixed boundary condition N Neuman boundary condition Neuman node point nonlinear solver normal vector P Parabolic partial differential equation plane strain plane stress Poisson's equation polygon positive definite Q quality R refined triangular mesh relative tolerance relative tolerance

residual residual norm S singular