Achieving Non-Decreasing Array with Limited Operations and Constraints (50)
Created on July 31, 2023
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Read time: 3 minutes
Summary: To make the given array non-decreasing, we can perform a maximum of 50 operations. If the array contains only non-positive numbers, we can use a simple approach of repeatedly adding consecutive elements from the end until the beginning of the array. This ensures that the array becomes non-decreasing within the operation limit.
A Brief Introduction to Compound Distributions (Part One)
Created on July 30, 2023
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Read time: 16 minutes
Summary: The provided text discusses the concept of compound distributions, which arise when combining two independent distributions. The probability generating function (pgf) of a compound distribution is shown to be the composition of the pgfs of the primary and secondary distributions. Some of the examples are excerpted from Loss Model (Sixth Edition).
A Brief Introduction to Point Estimates
Created on July 29, 2023
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Read time: 21 minutes
Summary: In this blog, We introduces various methods in point estimates and their definition. The blog follows from lecture note Point Estimate from professor Xiaojing Ye in Georgia State University
Understanding Discrete Distributions and Their Applications in Actuarial Science
Created on July 23, 2023
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Read time: 21 minutes
Summary: In this blog, We introduces various discrete distributions and discusses their properties, particularly focusing on the counting distribution, Poisson distribution, negative binomial distribution, and binomial distribution. Counting Distribution, Poisson Distribution, Negative Binomial Distribution, Memoryless Property, Binomial Distribution, The (a,b,0)-Class
Notes on Life Insurance (Part Two)
Created on July 23, 2023
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Read time: 6 minutes
Summary: The text also mentions exercises based on actuarial mathematics for life contingent risks, which involve calculating EPVs and variance of benefits. Keywords: indicator variable, EPV Formulas, term insurance and whole life insurance, geometric payout.
Notes on Life Insurance (Part One)
Created on July 23, 2023
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Read time: 14 minutes
Summary: The text primarily covers actuarial formulas and concepts related to life insurance and financial mathematics, providing insights into the calculation of present values and probabilities for different scenarios. keywords: Makeham's Law, Interest and Discount Formulas, Actuarial Present Value, Variance of Payments, Whole Life Annuity, Deferred Insurance, Relations among Different Present Values, Decomposition of Term Insurance
Couple exercises from Sampling Distributions (Part Two)
Created on July 22, 2023
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Read time: 10 minutes
Summary: Chi-squared Distribution, Student's t-distribution, Fisher's F-distribution, Order Statistics.
Couple exercises from Sampling Distributions (Part One)
Created on July 22, 2023
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Read time: 5 minutes
Summary: Statistics and Sample Properties, Sampling Distribution of the Mean, Chebyshev's Inequality, Weak Law of Large Numbers (WLLN), Central Limit Theorem (CLT), Sample Distribution with Finite Population and Without Replacement.
Couple exercises from Functions of Random Variables
Created on July 17, 2023
Last modified on July 18, 2023
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Read time: 6 minutes
Summary: Examples include finding the probability density functions of transformed random variables, absolute values, sums of independent variables, and squared variables, as well as obtaining the cumulative distribution function, applying the moment generating function theorem, and determining the distributions of sums of Poisson and exponential random variables.
Linear Regression Error Decomposition
Created on July 16, 2023
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Summary: A short derivation of the error decomposition of OLS
A Brief Derivation of Linear Regression Coefficients Estimation
Created on July 16, 2023
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Summary: A short derivation of the least squares method for estimating the coefficients of a linear regression model.
Series Rearragment
Created on July 12, 2023
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Summary: The theorem states that for a series of real numbers that converges but not absolutely, there exists a rearrangement of the series with partial sums converging to given limits. The proof involves constructing sequences and subsequences to show convergence to the desired limits. Another theorem states that if the series converges absolutely, then every rearrangement of the series converges to the same sum.
Arithmetic Operations on Series: The Theorem of Convergence and Multiplication
Created on July 10, 2023
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Summary: This passage presents the proof of a theorem stating that if two infinite series converge, their respective terms can be multiplied to obtain a new convergent series, even without the condition of absolute convergence.
The Significance of Absolute Convergence in Mathematical Analysis: Examples and Theorems
Created on July 10, 2023
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Summary: This blog post highlights the critical role of absolute convergence in mathematical analysis, exploring theorems and providing examples to illustrate its significance in ensuring reliable and consistent operations on infinite series or integrals.
Power Series and Summation by Parts
Created on July 09, 2023
Last modified on July 10, 2023
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Read time: 3 minutes
Summary: A power series converges if the absolute value of the variable is less than the radius of convergence, determined by the limit supremum of the coefficients; the sum of a product series can be computed using partial sums and their differences; if the partial sums of a series are bounded and the coefficients are non-increasing and converge to zero, the product series converges; an alternating, absolutely decreasing, and converging-to-zero sequence leads to a convergent series; and if the radius of convergence of a power series is 1, the coefficients are non-increasing and converge to zero, the series converges for all points on the unit circle except possibly at 1.
Windows Hardware Mechanisms and Device Driver Interfaces
Created on July 09, 2023
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Read time: 7 minutes
Summary: Windows uses hardware mechanisms like HAL, interrupt handling, IRPs, I/O control codes, PnP, and power management for device driver interfaces, while the kernel manages hardware abstractions and provides a consistent interface. System processes and different driver types play roles in hardware management, and Windows components ensure system functionality.
Introduction to the Linear Exponential Family
Created on July 09, 2023
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Summary: In summary, for a distribution in the linear exponential family, the mean can be expressed as $\mathbb{E}[X] = -\frac{g'(\theta)}{\eta'(\theta)}$, and the variance can be expressed as $Var(X) = \frac{g'(\theta)}{\eta'(\theta)}$. These expressions relate the mean and variance of the distribution to the first and second derivatives of the log-likelihood function of the distribution.
A limiting case of the transformed beta distribution
Created on July 09, 2023
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Read time: 5 minutes
Summary: The provided text derives the expression for a transformed beta distribution and then demonstrates that the transformed gamma distribution is a limiting case of the transformed beta distribution when certain parameters tend to infinity. Additionally, it explains the concept of heavy-tailed distributions and highlights the inverse Weibull distribution and Pareto distribution as suitable models for extreme events in actuarial science.
Introduction to Splicing Model
Created on July 09, 2023
Last modified on July 22, 2023
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Read time: 1 minutes
Summary: The two ways of splicing a model involve either using known break points and selecting density functions for each interval, or combining density functions from standard distributions over specific ranges to form the spliced model. In the example provided, a spliced model is created by combining a uniform distribution and a Pareto distribution, resulting in a non-continuous mixture distribution.
Introduction to Frailty Model
Created on July 09, 2023
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Summary: This passage discusses frailty models used in survival analysis, particularly in the context of lifetime distributions, to account for uncertainty in the hazard rate of an event or outcome. It explores the use of mixture distributions, introduces a frailty random variable to quantify the uncertainty, and demonstrates how certain choices of baseline hazard functions lead to specific distributions such as the Weibull, exponential, Burr, and Pareto distributions.
Introduction to Statistical Physics in Biology
Created on July 09, 2023
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Summary: This passage discusses the relationship between sequence composition, entropy, and information content, highlighting the probabilities and character counts within a sequence and how they contribute to measuring its entropy and information gain.
Introduction to Beta Distribution
Created on July 08, 2023
Last modified on July 22, 2023
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Read time: 10 minutes
Summary: The beta distribution is a probability distribution with a probability density function that can be described using the Beta function, and it is commonly encountered in the context of order statistics.
GitHub Action Documentation: Deploy Website
Created on July 08, 2023
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Summary: The provided GitHub Action workflow automates the deployment of a website to an S3 bucket based on changes pushed to specific branches.