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c-blake committed Feb 14, 2024
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Expand Up @@ -58,12 +58,13 @@ A low art way to estimate the error on the sample min `t0` estimate is to find
the mean,sdev for the best several times out of many runs to approximate the
error on the sample min.[^5] Differences between two smallest times or various
statistical formulae or nesting with sample stats on min(several) are surely
possible, but these all share a problem: the sample-min itself is guaranteed to
be exceeded.
possible, but these all share a problem: the population-min is guaranteed to be
less than any sample min.

One can be a bit more sophisticated and use the Fraga Alves-Neves estimator[^6]
for the true endpoint. This is always below the sample min. Repeated sampling
of smaller windows to estimate its uncertainty is what `tim` does presently.
for the true endpoint to try to extrapolate. This is always < sample min.
Repeated sampling of smaller windows to estimate its uncertainty is what `tim`
does presently.

Usage
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