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Abstract: This paper proposes a direct model for conditional probability density forecasting of residential loads, based on a deep mixture network. Probabilistic residential load forecasting can ...

Abstract: A new optimal fault detection and diagnosis (FDD) scheme is studied in this paper for the continuous-time stochastic dynamic systems with time delays, where the available information for the ...

We elaborate on an alternative representation of conditional probability to the usual tree diagram. We term the representation “turtleback diagram” for its resemblance to the pattern on turtle shells.

Conditional probability occurs when it is given that something has happened. (Hint: look for the word “given” in the question. The probability that a tennis player wins the first set of a match is ...

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