It is common when collecting data for some entries to be absent. This can have a significant impact on any attempt to gain useful information from these data, hence methods have been developed in order to make it possible to gain useful insights into data of this kind. A simple method for this is to […]
While I was on the internet earlier today, I stumbled across a short but interesting video involving a novel use of statistics. Here, statistical methods have been used in order to determine what makes Beethoven’s string quartets sound distinctively like his compositions. I thought I would share it on here, you may view the video […]
Recently I took a brief look at a set of data containing information about the songs played by SlipKnot at their past performances and used this to predict the set they would play when I went to see them on the 16th of January, which can be found here. The actual set played can be […]
Today, I get the opportunity to go to Manchester in order to attend a SlipKnot concert. This is something I am very excited about and as it was all I can think about I decided to write a blog post about it. The website setlist.fm keeps up to date information on setlists played by bands […]
On the 9th and 10th of January I got the opportunity to attend my first conference: the STOR-i annual conference. This served as an excellent opportunity to explore a range of contemporary research topics and start thinking about research areas which I may be interested in investigating further. Topics presented included: optimisation of air traffic […]