zmVault/stochastic-branch-takeoff.md

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		destiny/fleeting topic/construction/electrical topic/estimating type/idea authorship/original	Stochastic Branch Takeoff

Stochastic Branch Takeoff

generate a BOM from point loads distributed in a space.

- x: 302.84
  y: 2364.47
  kW: 5.3
  voltage: 277
  phases: 1
...

determine relative impact of factors

• allowable voltage drop

Methods

[!cite] Reddit u/mightofmerchants !spatial-sampling.gif

• Poisson disc sampling
• Delunay triangulation
• Voronoi diagrams

Average Distance Given Area

Holding area constant, average taxicab distance between points varies greatly with the aspect ratio of the space. Weighted by a probability distribution an average length and confidence could be given for any known area.

I remember seeing a video on machine learning(?) that described a class of functions(?) used to change(?) a function with infinite range. Something like this:

!function-example.excalidraw.md

f'(x) is a sigmoid function.

This is preferable to a floor-ceiling piece-wise function since it remains differentiable.

Maybe suckerpinch's latest video on the Rupert property or 3blue1brown's on Euler's Formula.

Actually I think its neither of those, but a more general ML video by another creator that used mango cultivar classification by dimensions as an example.