Introduction After the WHO prequalified the first vaccine against mpox, we aimed to identify the influence of vaccine ...

Sampling from probability distributions with known density functions (up to normalization) is a fundamental challenge across various scientific domains. From Bayesian uncertainty quantification to ...

PEPFAR’s computer systems also are being taken offline, a sign that the program may not return, as Republican critics had hoped. By Apoorva Mandavilli The Trump administration has instructed ...

In statistics, the expected value of a random variable is a measure of the central tendency of its probability distribution. In simple terms, it gives you an idea of what value you should expect to ...

dxxx(x,) returns the density or the value on the y-axis of a probability distribution for a discrete value of x pxxx(q,) returns the cumulative density function (CDF) or the area under the curve to ...

Background: Although several strategies for modelling competing events in discrete event simulation (DES) exist, a methodological gap for the event-specific probabilities and distributions (ESPD) ...