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Arbitrage et algorithme de Bellman-Ford

L'algorithme de Bellman-Ford, qui calcule le plus court chemin dans un graphe, met en évidence les arbitrages sur le marché des devises : des opérations d'achat et de vente garantissant...

Sampling & Mixing

I’m in a club, and my girlfriend asks the DJ to play music from another DJ. He refuses; he knows the other guy and thinks he’s an asshole. There is...

Perfect video compression

Video compression codecs are getting better and better at compressing video. However, they only use a very limited set of properties characteristic of videos… namely, they describe a video as...

Private arbitrage with teeth

There is a lot of value in private arbitrage, especially when dealing with emerging markets or countries where the judicial system isn’t well developed. However, a private arbitrage firm ideally...

preferences:decision theory :: data:code

A contrarian take on decision theory: the real difference between Newcomb's problem and Solomon's problem isn't precommitment. The devil is in the details of how each problem is specified.

Illegal Evidence

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court said Wednesday that evidence obtained after illegal searches or arrests based on simple police mistakes may be used to prosecute criminal defendants.