CATEGORY: APPLIED MATHEMATICS Computational Efficiency of Box-Muller and Polar Method Using Monte-Carlo Application by : Joy V. Lorin-Picar Mathematics Department Davao del Norte State College‚ New Visayas‚ Panabo City picar_joy@yahoo.com ABSTRACT The efficiency of Mean Square Error (MSE) of the random normal variables generated from both the Marsaglia Polar Method and Box-Muller Method was examined for small and large n with Monte-Carlo application using MATHLAB. The empirical
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CHAPTER 5 The Time Value of Money CHAPTER ORIENTATION In this chapter the concept of a time value of money is introduced‚ that is‚ a dollar today is worth more than a dollar received a year from now. Thus if we are to logically compare projects and financial strategies‚ we must either move all dollar flows back to the present or out to some common future date. CHAPTER OUTLINE I. Compound interest results when the interest paid on the investment during the first period
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Maximum Points: 60 Grade: Let G be the smaller number between 6 and (achieved points+10)/10 Round G exactly to quarters of a grade to get your grade. Examples: 32 points give a 4.25‚ 31 points give a 4 Solution to Homework Set 1 Managerial Economics Fall 2011 Conceptual and Computational Questions 4 points 2. What is the maximum amount you would pay for an asset that gen- 2 pt for a erates an income of $150‚000 at the end of each of five years if the reasonable formula‚ opportunity cost of using
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Case Study Summary 1. What are du Pont ’s competitive advantages in the TiO2 market as of 1972? How permanent or defensible are they? What must du Pont do to retain its competitive advantages in the future? 2. Given the forecasts provided in the case‚ estimate the expected incremental free cash flows associated with du Pont ’s growth strategy and maintain strategy for the TiO2 market. How much risk and uncertainty surround these future cash flows? Which strategy looks most attractive?
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Precious Hembry Ms. Wilson ENG 105 – 09 13 November 2013 Abortion: The Solution. The streets of Ireland are overpopulated with beggars and their children. As a result‚ Jonathan Swift proposed mother’s sell their children to be ate. Swift says his proposal will reduce the country’s overpopulation and keep the children from becoming a burden on their parent’s. However‚ Swifts proposal does not focus on ways to benefit the mother’s in these dire straits; therefore‚ the mother’s should choose
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ECON112 Macroeconomics Problem Set 1 *Solution* By Yao Amber Li Fall 2010 (Instructor: Li‚ Yao; TA: Fok Pik Lin‚ Astor) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 40 marks total Part I: True/False/Uncertain Please justify your answer with a short argument. (10 marks‚ 2 marks each) One mark is for correct judgment. One mark is for correct argument. 1. GDP is the value of all goods and services produced
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Ice Cream Case Study Teaching Notes Video: Ben and Jerry’s Ice-cream Wars 1. What was Ben and Jerry’s ‘strategy’ in the video? 2. What stimulated the strategy? 3. Was it planned or emergent? 4. Was it successful? 5. How does this case help you think about ‘What is strategy?’ Were their decisions strategic? Yes‚ because: * Affected company as a whole * About scope and direction * Long-term Resource implications * Yes‚ they had to invest 5 pounds in a “correspondence
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The Harvard Management Company (2001) Case You will design an excel spreadsheet that allows you to answer the following questions: i) Given figures in Exhibits 4 and 11 what is the expected return and volatility of the policy portfolio? ii) Find an efficient portfolio having the same expected return as the policy portfolio but lower volatility. iii) Find an efficient portfolio having the same volatility as the policy portfolio but higher expected return. iv) Repeat question ii
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in CMA Entrance Examination questions‚ but they do not represent simulations of the style and composition of CMA Entrance Examination questions. This material contains a selection of problems and cases as well as their solutions‚ most of which focus on a few related topics. Some‚ however‚ are teaching cases that integrate several Syllabus topics. You are cautioned that the set of illustrative questions in this material does not cover the entire range of Syllabus requirements. It would be a mistake
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Irodov Problem 3.7 As shown in Figure 1‚ the charges are located in at the four corners of the square ABCD whose diagonal is of length 2l. Since the point Xis located at a height of x units from the plane of ABCD along its central axis‚ the distance of X from any of the corners A‚B‚C and D is . The electric field strengths due to each of the four charges located at corners A‚B‚C and D are given by‚ The vertical components of EC and EB will cancel
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