Offset and Weights in GLM Regression
Introduction In GLMs, we often encounter scenarios where we need to account for exposure or adjust for certain factors. Both offset and weights play crucial roles in achieving this. Let’s …
Notes on stochastic count processes with independent non stationary increments
Problem Statement Let thus , we construct a stochastic process as , this kind of random variable are called hypoexponential random variables. We define a counting process such that . …
Guessing Passwords using an LSTM Network
Introduction A while ago I applied NLP strategies to implement an algorithm that is capable to guess a password. Since then a new method called transformer was developed and successfully …
Expected maxima of a Brownian Motion- Does my stock trading strategy work?
I recently realized that I have a certain habit when it comes to stock trading even though I used to tell myself that “every trading strategy is useless because the …
A WordPress Plugin to embed raw.githubusercontent
Working at my post about the dask cluster, I realized that the code snippets presented in the post will eventually change in my GitHub Repo. I wanted to avoid having …
Frequency-Severity Modeling in consideration of COVID-19 induced effects
This post is supposed to give a brief introduction in Frequency-Severity models. These models are very popular for determine the optimal price for an insurance. We will take a look …
An AI with less than 200 lines of code
In the last two articles we covered the topics “How to teach a computer gamerules” and “The Multiarmed Bandit Problem”. Indeed these two articles where intended to be an introduction …
Solving the Multiarmed Bandit problem with JavaScript
1. Formulation of the Multiarmed Bandit Problem Consider the following problem: A gambler enters a casino with slot machines. The probability to receive a reward for each slot machine follows …
An introduction to the Registration Problem
To explain the registration problem i will start with an example. In Figure 1 the pinch force dataset is shown, to collect the data a group of 20 subjects were …