Boolean Algebra
April 10, 2008
One of the primary requirements when dealing with digital circuits is to find ways to make them as simple as possible. This constantly requires that complex logical expressions be reduced to simpler expressions that nevertheless produce the same results under all possible conditions. The simpler expression can then be implemented with a smaller, simpler circuit, which in turn saves the price of the unnecessary gates, reduces the number of gates needed, and reduces the power and the amount of space required by those gates.
The Penetration of Statistics in Society
April 1, 2008
Statistics are such an integral part of modern lives that sometimes it isn’t realized. The prediction of the winner of a presidential race or the local mayoral contest depends upon inferential statistics, one of the two main branches of statistics. The other branch of statistics is that of descriptive statistics. This is how to determine which baseball player in the American League had the best batting average in a single season.





