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CoV is a simple calculation to measure the variation in your process. Let’s see how to do the calculation, explore an industry application, and answer a few questions about CoV. CoV, also known as the ...

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The Standard Deviation is the basic metric to measure volatility. However, the Standard Deviation is an absolute measurement, not a relative measurement. To compare the volatility of two or more data ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Knowing the coefficient of variation we improved the classical average unbiased estimator for the mean of a normal distribution. A Monte Carlo ...

We consider a class of phase-type distributions (PH-distributions), to be called the MMPP class of PH-distributions, and find bounds of their mean and squared coefficient of variation (SCV). As an ...