Type errors

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When you face the classic decision making table, as the one below. You can have to types of errors. They are known as: Type I error: false positives. Type II error: false negatives. The best way to remember it is with this picture below:    

Machine Trading

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Machine Trading is the third book of Ernest P. Chang. It’s the second one I start to read. I say “start” to read due to the fact that there are some chapters that are quite complex to me to understand and I just skipped them. CHAPTER1 The Basics of Algorithmic Trading: this is the most … Read more

APBRmetrics

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Association for Professional Basketball Research Metrics This association has been working so many years ago on the quantification of all aspects of the game building standard statistics baselines and making some new concepts related to basketball very popular. 82games.com I can spend hours looking into the numbers of this site. I would like to see … Read more

Benefits management in programs

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I started to work with MSP principles some while ago. This weeks I’m defining a Transformation and Transition program for an outsourcing contract and I had the opportunity to review the benefits management concepts and drive the projects in scope through a clear direction into the business needs.

Imperial life in the emerald city

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I have listened this audio book during several trips. Finally this week I finished it. The way they, build teams, elevate priorities, focus on key milestones and economical driven decisions sounds very familiar to me. The big corporations I know works basically in the same way.

Causal layered analysis

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Causal layered analysis (CLA) is a future research theory that integrates various epistemic modes, creates spaces for alternative futures, and consists of four layers: The author is Sohail Inayatullah, and here he explains well how these four layers work. It’s interesting to see how he plays with narrative at the different examples and how he performs … Read more

How Machines Learn

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This video is fantastic to understand clearly how machine learning works, It’s perfectly understandable that the industry has called it “machine learning” instead of “continuous back-testing of scalable algorithms”.

BTC Futures offered by CME group

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I read this article and now I understand some of the things that are happening in the values of the crypto-currencies. CME group is offering the possibility to trade with Futures of Bitcoins CME group is owner of some of the largest and more relevant markets. It owns and operates large derivatives and futures exchanges in Chicago, New York City, and … Read more