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Mastering Python Scientific Computing

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Mastering Python Scientific Computing

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Mastering Python Scientific Computing
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Data generation


For some applications, if the user does not have data that can be used for computations, then they need to generate that data before performing computations. It can be generated in three ways: it can be collected personally, collected by instruments, or (for some specific applications) generated synthetically on computers.

There are some applications for which data is supposed to be collected personally; for example, if an application requires biometric data of a person, the data may be collected personally by setting up a data collection and requesting volunteers to support the biometric data collection. This collection must be performed personally, as this data cannot be produced on computers or using instruments. For this specific application, there is a possibility that the users get support from the government in order to obtain such data from governmental databases, such as the databases of biometric details collected during visa processing, or a nationwide project such...