Recent content by CaseyJRichard

Oh, I see. No, I guess I was confusing. The first function is actually describing a different model than the latter four, and for the sake of "solving the problem" doesn't exist. (It's describing a model with constant caloric deficit and a steadily decreasing daily target caloric intake, whereas...

[Heavily edited for clarity.] So, I'm playing around with a function that describes the change of an individuals weight as a function of days passed given a number of constant variables: current weight, target weight, number of days until target weight will be reached, and daily calorie target...

It's not really defining O there, is it? It's defining an equation that uses O, sure, but it still doesn't explain what the notation "O" represents. But maybe I just don't understand the equation. Regardless, the answer I was looking for is: O(A) is the "Odds" of event A occurring (versus...

In probability, P(A) is the probability of event A occurring. What is O(A), in the same context? I've tried looking this up, but I can't find the definition/explanation of this notation anywhere. For an example, see the definition of "Bayes' rule".