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On Negative Probabilities and Path Integrals

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This principle of superposition is basic to wave behaviors and the analysis of harmonic systems. For individuals, measured behaviors may provide specific values at given times, but cumulatively, all individuals generally fall on a normalized distribution of values. Feynman challenged researchers to think beyond the conventional use of positive probabilities. This approach has not been used in statistics or epidemiology. Nevertheless, it has immediate implications to applied research interventions with positive and negative health conditions and behaviors, especially within the context of Wright’s path coefficients. Behavioral trajectories are impacted by coupled systems such that negative probability “accounting adjustments” might apply for events and non-events.

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Abbreviations

ATP:

Adenosine triphosphate

pCO2 :

Percentage carbon dioxide

pO2 :

Percentage oxygen

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Hollar, D.W. (2018). On Negative Probabilities and Path Integrals. In: Trajectory Analysis in Health Care. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59626-6_8

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