Prospect theory Prospect theory was developed by Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky in 1979 as a psychologically realistic alternative to expected utility theory. It allows one to describe how people make choices in situations where they have to decide between alternatives that involve risk‚ e.g. in financial decisions. Starting from empirical evidence‚ the theory describes how individuals evaluate potential losses and gains. In the original formulation the term prospect referred to a lottery.
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Rhetorical Essay Draft In the Ted Talk “The Filter Bubble”‚ the speaker Eli Pariser talks about the negative effects of personalizing the web and how it destroys the sense of unity that the web was based on. “Your filter bubble is your own personal‚ unique universe of information that you live in online. What’s in your filter bubble depends on who you are‚ and it depends on what you do. But you don’t decide what gets in — and more importantly‚ you don’t see what gets edited out.” The central message in
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who needs information from the World Wide Web‚ uses search engines like Google or Yahoo! to find the specific information he or she is looking for. These engines help us to filter all the information given by the internet with the help of invisible algorithms. Without them we would sit many hours in front of the screen and filter the information by ourselves. For example the search of a brownie recipe has an output of over forty billion search results. For this reason it is good to have these algorithms
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This reading response argues that Pariser’s theory of the filter bubble is flawed because it fails to explain a wide range of political reality. First‚ this reading response summarizes Pariser’s theory of the “filter bubble”. Next‚ this reading response debates that Pariser’s theory of the “filter bubble” is incorrect because it too broadly describes political reality. Then‚ this reading response justifies that Pariser’s theory of the “filter bubble” explains a small portion of politics in the media
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Peter Kimbrell Dr Beth Gibbs Microcomputers CIS146 October 21‚ 2014 Internet Filters When browsing the Internet‚ users may encounter a filter. Filters are programs that remove or block certain items from being displayed. Four widely used Internet filters are anti-spam programs‚ web filters‚ phishing filters‚ and pop-up blockers. An anti-spam program is a filtering program that attempts to remove spam before it reaches an Inbox or forum. Spam is an unsolicited email message or posting sent too
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2405 ANALOGUE FILTERS Lecturer: Kipyegon Edwin Purpose To enables the student to understand electric filter technology and to design and analyze passive and active filters. Learning outcomes At the end of the course‚ the student should be able to:1. Analyze ladder networks and Hurwitz polynomials 2. Explain the characteristics of filters 3. Use various approximation theories to design passive and active filters 4. Use network analysis techniques to analyze the designed filters Course Description
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Activated Carbon Filters Media [pic]"Activated" carbon filter media is produced by super-heating dried coconut husks in a low oxygen environment‚ using a process called pyrolysis. The resulting "biochar" husk‚ is a purified form of carbon‚ containinglarge amounts of cellular sized surface area‚ negatively charged to attract positively charged toxins. Toxins in the water become attached to the husk’s carbon surfaces.Over time‚ the attractive charge of carbon surfaces are neutralized‚ making it time
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Career prospects 1. Before you strike off in pursuit of a career that really lights your fire‚ take some time to do some serious self-exploration. Make a list of all things in your life that you have really enjoyed. It could be work or play‚ an event‚ or a period of time in your life. Pick one and start digging into reasons why. Get beyond what you love doing‚ and break it down into the underlying characteristics. Think of it as identifying your passion’s building blocks. Once you have a picture
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POLYTECHNICUNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING FORTUNASSIA “Anti-Fungal Cream” Group 5 Capuno‚ Christopher C. Abarientos‚ Rey Jr. M. Arellano‚ Anthony D. Dizon‚ Paul Justin L. Lualhati‚ Lyndon A. Mantes‚ Diovani Jr. J. Nievas‚ Precious Lean R. Rojas‚ Ephraim Karl B. PRODUCT NAME: “Fortunassia” We combine the scientific name of our main ingredient which is the Acapulco (Cassia alata) and Calamondin or Calamansi (Citrofortunellamicrocarpa)
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Summary of the learning points (ranked by importance to you) Today’s class discussed the mental accounting for money management. 1. Prospect theory. The theory can be represented by a value function‚ as shown below. The value function starts from a reference point‚ and is normally concave for gains‚ and convex for losses. It is also steeper for losses than for gains. The theory intends to explain why people behave irrationally when making choices. 2. Framing effect. It refers
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