Fundamental limitation on applicability of statistical methods to study of living organisms and other complex systems

DOI10.1007/S10955-011-0252-5MaRDI QIDQ637527zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Yitzhak Rabin

Publication date 6 September 2011

Published in Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s10955-011-0252-5

zbMATH Keywords

Gaussian distributioncomplex systemstatistical independencehidden variableliving organism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10) Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics (62A01) General biostatistics (92B15) Statistical thermodynamics (82B30) Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Irreversible thermodynamics, including Onsager-Machlup theory (82C35)

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