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dc.contributor.advisorTenorio, Luis
dc.contributor.authorAguilar, Oscar Manuel
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T05:34:20Z
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-09T08:53:22Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T05:34:20Z
dc.date.available2022-02-09T08:53:22Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifierT 7245
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11124/79228
dc.description2013 Spring.
dc.descriptionIncludes graphs (some color).
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (pages 74-77).
dc.description.abstractA mathematical/physical model is a mathematical description of a system or physical experiment. A model may help to explain a system or experiment, or to make future predictions. Most of the real-life mathematical/physical models depend on parameters that need to be estimated. Parameter estimation techniques use mathematical/physical model of the system under consideration and physical measurements to infer numerical values of the parameters of interest. In this project, we are interested in estimating the gravity constant and the specific coefficient of air resistance in the equation describing a falling body. A physical experiment was conducted at Texas A and M University. In the experiment, a body was dropped from a known height and the free fall was recorded for one second using a video camera. The video recording was analyzed frame by frame to obtain the distance the body had fallen as a function of time, as well as measures of uncertainty in the data. We consider two approaches to estimate the parameters of interest: Bayesian and non-Bayesian techniques. The goal of this thesis is to complement Allmaras et al. (2012) work by providing a careful validation analysis of the assumptions and to show the use of non-Bayesian methods for parameter estimation.
dc.format.mediumborn digital
dc.format.mediummasters theses
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado School of Mines. Arthur Lakes Library
dc.relation.ispartof2013 - Mines Theses & Dissertations
dc.rightsCopyright of the original work is retained by the author.
dc.subject.lcshParameter estimation
dc.subject.lcshMathematical models -- Research
dc.subject.lcshProbabilities
dc.subject.lcshBayesian statistical decision theory
dc.titleParameter estimation in physical model: a comparison between Bayesian and frequentist methods
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dc.contributor.committeememberNavidi, William Cyrus
dc.contributor.committeememberHering, Amanda S.
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (M.S.)
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.disciplineApplied Mathematics and Statistics
thesis.degree.grantorColorado School of Mines


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