Tukey
Proper noun
Meaning
Tukey
A surname.
Phrases with the word
Examples
In 1958, Blackman and Tukey cited Nyquist's 1928 paper as a reference for the sampling theorem of information theory, citation even though that paper does not treat sampling and reconstruction of continuous signals as others did.
Nicolas Bourbaki provided the definition of uniform structure in terms of entourages in the book Topologie Générale and John Tukey gave the uniform cover definition.
In the view of Tukey the former produces a conclusion on the basis of only strong evidence while the latter produces a decision on the basis of available evidence.
Quantiles Tukey criteria for anomalies.
The term "software" was first proposed by Alan Turing and used in this sense by John W. Tukey in 1957.