Advances in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Oct 2009)
The Unit Histogram Concept for Scarce Statistical Information
Abstract
The new unit histogram concept is described as increasing with one order of magnitude the amount of statistical information extracted from experimental data. The new statistical technology is particularly suited for very scarce population samples, when it dramatically increases the information extracted from the available data. Otherwise, existing features of the population would remain inaccessible. The method could prove useful also for signal processing, when a high level of accuracy in detail rendition is required. The efficiency of the method is demonstrated in examples of experimental measurement of the combustion heat delivered by rocket propellants. Populations as small as of six readings, where the regular statistics is useless, are successfully processed and characterized.
