Homeostasis and Gauss statistics: Barriers to understanding natural variability

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 403-408

  West, Bruce J ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH OFFICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gauss; Homeostasis; Non linear dynamics; Pareto; Statistics

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HOMEOSTASIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KNOWLEDGE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77952931283     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01459.x     Document Type: Review

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