I have been intrigued by some spots airing recently on local radio stations: “Support for this WBEZ program is provided by Yellow Cab, whose diverse drivers have been serving Chicagoland since 1915.

We propose a new method, based on sample splitting, for constructing bootstrap confidence bounds for a parameter appearing in the regular smooth function model. It has been demonstrated in the ...

Efron's "bootstrap" method of distribution approximation is shown to be asymptotically valid in a large number of situations, including t-statistics, the empirical and quantile processes, and von ...

Bootstrap percolation, a model of irreversible activation on graphs, has emerged as a pivotal area within graph theory and statistical mechanics. In this process, nodes (or vertices) on a network are ...

String theory, conceptualized more than 50 years ago as a framework to explain the formation of matter, remains elusive as a “provable” phenomenon. But a team of physicists has now taken a significant ...

In a recent interview on public television (PBS), Ken Cuccinelli, the acting director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, said, “We have always expected people to stand on their own two ...

Compared to the unsolved mysteries of the universe, far less gets said about one of the most profound facts to have crystallized in physics over the past half-century: To an astonishing degree, nature ...

Regarding "Janitors are fighting for right to live with dignity" (Page B8, Sunday), I would wonder why Alice McAfee believes that more money will add dignity to the job that janitors perform. And I ...