Petrus Johannes Vermeulen

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In practice, how much value is there in looking at other unbiased estimators if you already have a minimum variance unbiased estimator?

Well, I think the title question pretty much states my question. The reason I think there might still be value in using such estimators is that estimation often happens with parameters that were,...

06 May 2020 6,296 0 View

Does it not seem that the Cornell-Mcguire procedure changed (conceptually) from the original (1968) approach?

It seemas that Cornell's (1968) approach to PSHA started as an open research basis for further development in many directions. After McGuire's publication of the FORTRAN program to assess PSHA,...

06 April 2018 4,109 0 View

Is truncation (I like to call it sharp truncation) natural? Or rather artificial? Can one say anything about it considering entropy maximization?

I feel uncomfortable working with truncated distributions at their truncation point. A truncated probability distribution can be very useful in modelling populations that are known to be finite...

10 March 2018 9,077 2 View

How far can one get with analogies in theoretical physics?

Many a great theoretical physicist have gone on to explain their work qualitatively to the public, often times by virtue of analogies. Now, I know analogies and qualitative explanations can be...

23 April 2015 2,970 28 View