Showing posts with label Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

[Links of the Day] 19/05/2020 : Fat Tails, AutoML Zero , Version Control for GIS

  • Statistical Consequences of Fat Tails : Nassim Nicholas Taleb book investigates the misapplication of conventional statistical techniques to fat-tailed distributions and looks for remedies
  • AutoML Zero : aims to automatically discover computer programs that can solve machine learning tasks, starting from empty or random programs and using only basic math operations. The goal is to simultaneously search for all aspects of an ML algorithm—including the model structure and the learning strategy—while employing minimal human bias.
  • Sno : Distributed version-control for geospatial and tabular data


Tuesday, September 11, 2018

[Links of the Day] 11/09/2018 : Impact of legalizing Marijuana on housing market, Taleb's technical incerto


  • Does legalizing retail marijuana generate more benefits than costs ? :  the authors look at the impact of legalizing marijuana in Colorado and tries to quantify its impact by analysing the change in the housing market. Spoiler: it seems that there was a significant positive impact from the legalization of the house price due to a strong increase in housing demand.
  • Nassim Nicholas Taleb technical Incerto: A mathematical parallel version of the Taleb's Incerto books 
    • The Statistical Consequences of Fat Tails: a look at fat tails and what they mean from different points of view as well as their real-life implications
    • Silent Risk : provides a mathematical framework for decision making and the analysis of (consequential) hidden risks
    • Convexity, Risk and Fragility : a look at Decision theory is not about understanding the world, but getting out of troubleand ensuring survival.