Sentences with phrase «modern information theory»

Not exact matches

One snag in this theory has been the fact that modern organisms need protein enzymes to copy their genetic information — substances that would not have existed in a purely RNA world.

In my view the main reason there is so much contradictory information in the nutrition world stems from the fact that much of modern medical thought has been tainted by the cholesterol theory of heart disease, which many of us now know is not supported by science.

Using both classical test theory and modern measurement models contextualized to tests with given purposes, the pre-conference session attendees will explore the ideal distribution of item difficulty, the importance of item discrimination (and its location), as well as the use of distractor analysis to revise items and gain information about student understanding and ability.

The articles are inclined towards a buy - and - hold investing philosophy, compliant with Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT), although the information provided may be useful for other kinds of investing as well.

The comparisons to financial markets are getting OT and a little silly, but bender is on shaky ground when he claims that historical stock price movements are ``... «informative» in the sense of information theory...» In fact, the weak - form Efficient Market Hypothesis, which is the basis of much of modern finance, posits the exact opposite — that all relevant information is contained in the current stock price and there is no informational content in historical movements.

The same conclusion is accessible from information theory which forms the basis of our modern communication infrastructure.

The Court held that while in theory there may be a «technological gap» between the use of a computer and the information it generates, «that gap is filled by our common experience with modern technology, even though we may not understand how photocopiers, digital telephone systems or personal computers treat and convert digital data into something intelligible.»