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Covariance

A statistical measure of the degree to which random variables move together. A positive covariance implies that one variable is above (below) its mean value when the other variable is above (below) its mean value.

Covariance

The degree to which two variables are correlated. That is, covariance is the measure of how much two variables are related to one another. It is important in security analysis to determine how much or how little price movements in two companies or industries are connected.

covariance

A statistical measure of the extent to which two variables move together. Covariance is used by financial analysts to determine the degree to which return on two securities is related. In general, a high covariance indicates similar movements and lack of diversification. Compare variance. See also risk.
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Keywords: Markov source, variance, covariance, independence, Hamming weight, Matrix-Tree Theorem, transducer, central limit theorem
Variance and covariance of several simultaneous outputs of a Markov chain
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Geoid height computation in strip-area projects by using least-squares collocation
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Generalized likelihood ratio test for cyclostationary multi-antenna spectrum sensing
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Towards a small intra-speaker variability models
If the covariance matrix of the vector meets the alternative assumption (15), the following applies
Multidimensional credibility model and its application/Viacrozmerny model kredibility a jeho aplikacia
This decomposition implies that family income changes can arise directly from one of the five sources or from the covariances between the income sources.
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