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Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"Whether we are worried about the spread of COVID-19 or making a corporate budget, we depend on mathematical models to help us understand the world around us every day. But models aren't a mirror of reality. In fact, they are fantasies, where everything works out perfectly, every time. And relying on them too heavily can hurt us. In Escape from Model Land, statistician Erica Thompson illuminates the hidden dangers of models. She demonstrates how models...
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Provides a comprehensive and updated study of GARCH models and their applications in finance, covering new developments in the discipline This book provides a comprehensive and systematic approach to understanding GARCH time series models and their applications whilst presenting the most advanced results concerning the theory and practical aspects of GARCH. The probability structure of standard GARCH models is studied in detail as well as statistical...
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Language
English
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A fascinating exploration of how insights from computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives, helping to solve common decision-making problems and illuminate the workings of the human mind. All our lives are constrained by limited space and time, limits that give rise to a particular set of problems. What should we do, or leave undone, in a day or a lifetime? How much messiness should we accept? What balance of new activities and familiar...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Sigma
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"In this book, David Sumpter takes an algorithm-strewn journey to the dark side of mathematics. He investigates the equations that analyse us., influence us and will (maybe) become like us, answering questions such as: Are Google algorithms racist and sexist? ; Why do election predictions fall so drastically? ; What does the future hold as we relinquish our decision-making to machines? Featuring interviews with those working at the cutting edge of...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
From the stock market to genomics laboratories, census figures to marketing email blasts, we are awash with data. But as anyone who has ever opened up a spreadsheet packed with seemingly infinite lines of data knows, numbers aren't enough: we need to know how to make those numbers talk. In The Model Thinker, social scientist Scott E. Page shows us the mathematical, statistical, and computational models--from linear regression to random walks and far...
Author
Publisher
dpunkt.verlag
Pub. Date
2022
Language
Deutsch
Description
28 faszinierende Modelle laden zum Nachbauen und Experimentieren ein: Sie rechnen, zeichnen Ellipsen und andere Figuren, faktorisieren Zahlen, l�sen Gleichungssysteme, synthetisieren Funktionen, messen Fl�cheninhalte oder sehen einfach nur spannend aus. Das Buch wendet sich gleichermassen an Sch�ulerinnen und Sch�uler, Lehrende, Hobbyisten, Enthusiasten und an alle, die Mathematik m�gen. Es ist eine Fundgrube f�ur Mathematik-AGs und andere...
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A comprehensive introduction to the core issues of stochastic differential equations and their effective application Introduction to Stochastic Differential Equations with Applications to Modelling in Biology and Finance offers a comprehensive examination to the most important issues of stochastic differential equations and their applications. The author - a noted expert in the field - includes myriad illustrative examples in modelling dynamical phenomena...
Author
Publisher
Packt Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Financial modeling is a core skill required by anyone who wants to build a career in finance. Hands-On Financial Modeling with Excel for Microsoft 365 explores financial modeling terminologies with the help of Excel. Starting with the key concepts of Excel, such as formulas and functions, this updated second edition will help you to learn all about referencing frameworks and other advanced components for building financial models. As you proceed,...
Author
Publisher
J. Wiley
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
America's favorite science teacher shows how to make eye-catching science models that will help you show what you know in class or at a science fair. You'll find easy-to-follow instructions for 25 great models that reveal the worlds of astronomy, biology, chemistry, earth science, and physics.
15) The physics and mathematics of electromagnetic wave propagation in cellular wireless communication
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
An important resource that examines the physical aspects of wireless communications based on mathematical and physical evidence The Physics and Mathematics of Electromagnetic Wave Propagation in Cellular Wireless Communication describes the electromagnetic principles for designing a cellular wireless system and includes the subtle electromagnetic principles that are often overlooked in designing such a system. This important text explores both the...
Series
Routledge advances in applied financial econometrics volume Volume 2
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
This book provides an up-to-date series of advanced chapters on applied financial econometric techniques pertaining the various fields of commodities finance, mathematics & stochastics, international macroeconomics and financial econometrics. Financial Mathematics, Volatility and Covariance Modelling: Volume2 provides a key repository on the current state of knowledge, the latest debates and recent literature on financial mathematics, volatility and...
Author
Series
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Finance as a distinct field from economics is generally defined as the science or study of the management of funds. The creation of credit, savings, investments, banking institutions, financial markets and products, risk management all fall under the purview of finance. The unifying themes in finance are time, risk and money. Mathematical or quantitative finance is the application of mathematics to these core areas. While simple arithmetic was enough...
Series
Handbook of computational economics volume 4
Publisher
North-Holland
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"The book is divided into two main parts. The first dips into the history of quantitative finance and explains its key principles, the second is about the quantitative finance industry today and how it is evolving. Finally, the book will conclude with what should happen, what needs to happen, to prevent future financial disaster"--
Author
Publisher
Libros de Cabecera
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
El trading cuantitativo es una modalidad de inversión basada en el análisis estadístico de variables numéricas (cuantitativas) para crear estrategias de trading sistemáticas que generen beneficios de manera consistente a lo largo del tiempo. ¿Te gustaría ser capaz de gestionar tu propio capital y desarrollar tus estrategias, pero no sabes de qué manera abordarlo correctamente? ¿Estás dispuesto a dedicarle tiempo y esfuerzo, a tener paciencia...
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