Rather than repeat the thinning procedure and the kernel estimation procedure many times to obtain an average estimate of the background intensity, the average can be estimated directly by weighting all the events with their corresponding background probabilities, i.e., (11 where i runs over all of the events in the whole process, and Z d is the Gaussian kernel function with a bandwidth d.
Applying the correct formula individually on the five replicates (additional file 3 in [ 2]) results in an average estimate of 0.276, and using the maximum likelihood estimator individually on the five replicates results in an average estimate of 0.273.
Using the maximum likelihood estimator individually on the biological replicates results in an average estimate of 0.227, and used on the overall sums of seed counts results in an estimate of 0.228.
That compared with an average estimate by analysts of $4.53 a share.
That easily beat an average estimate of 44 cents a share by 23 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg News.
Analysts expected earnings of 68 cents a share, according to an average estimate from Thomson First Call.
Operating profit fell 52 percent, to ¥46.21 billion, compared with an average estimate of ¥103.1 billion among 15 analysts.
The software giant did better than consensus estimates, reporting second-quarter earnings of 44 cents a share, compared with an average estimate of 42 cents a share.
A First Call/Thomson Financial poll of eight analysts had an average estimate of $1.43 for the third quarter and 63 cents for the fourth quarter.
This gives an average estimate of 14% of customers withdrawing their funds and is used as an estimate of the amount of liquidity that will be needed.
Profit excluding realized investment losses and other items was 50 cents a share, meeting an average estimate of 19 analysts polled by Thomson Financial.
