What is Lost of Shakespearean Plays, besides a Few Titles?

Rediscovering what is never lost.

P-value: What is and what is not

The misinterpretation and misuse of p-value have been increasing for decades. In March 2016, the American Statistical Association released a statement to warn about the use and interpretation of p-value. In this study, we provided a definition and discussion of p-value and emphasized the importance of its accurate interpretation.    

What is the True Value of a Lost Customer?

Customer profitability models have evolved into an important strategic tool for marketers in recent years. The authors show that conventional models may be inappropriate for markets involving new products or services because they fail to account for the social effects (e.g., word-of-mouth and imitation) that can influence future customer acquisitions. They develop a customer profitability model...

Is the future biology Shakespearean or Newtonian?

"Cells do not care about mathematics" thus concluded a biologist friend after a discussion on the future of biology. And indeed, why should they care? But if we exchange the word "cell" with "rock", "Moon" or "electrons", do we have to change the sentence also? Starting from this line of thought, we review some recent developments in understanding the stochastic behavior of biological systems. ...

Using Web Page Titles to Rediscover Lost Web Pages

Titles are denoted by the TITLE element within a web page. We queried the title against the the Yahoo search engine to determine the page’s status (found, not found). We conducted several tests based on elements of the title. These tests were used to discern whether we could predict a pages status based on the title. Our results increase our ability to determine bad titles but not our ability t...