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Example III -- Nuclear Decay
However, we consider nuclear decay
number of decays observed in time interval
to
.
is a function of two unknowns,
c
and
.
is linear in
c
but nonlinear in
.
Note we can analyze nuclear decays in two ways---maximum likelihood or
. Let us compare these.
Geoffrey Fox
,
Northeast Parallel Architectures Center
at Syracuse University,
gcf@npac.syr.edu
number of decays observed in time interval 
to 
.
.
is linear in c but nonlinear in .
. Let us compare these.