Essays about: "Jonathan Christopher"

Found 4 essays containing the words Jonathan Christopher.

  1. 1. Exploring the Impact of Pseudo and Quasi Random Number Generators on Monte Carlo Integration of the Multivariate Normal Distribution

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statistiska institutionen

    Author : Marcus Stolz; Jonathan Christopher; [2024]
    Keywords : Monte Carlo integration; Quasi monte carlo integration; Random number generation; Mathematics and Statistics;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the effects of pseudo and quasi-random number generators on the accuracy and efficiency of Monte Carlo Integration in the case of the multivariate normal distribution. The study compares the performance of the Mersenne Twister (a pseudo-random number generator) with Sobol and Halton sequences (quasi-random number generators). READ MORE

  3. 2. An Empirical Study About Young People's Risk Preferences and Determinants Affecting them

    University essay from

    Author : Jonathan Grudin; Christopher Severin; [2022-07-11]
    Keywords : Risk attitude; Behavioral finance; CRT; Financial literacy; Numerical ability; Risk-aversion;

    Abstract : In this report, the aim was to investigate what determinants or associations may affect an individual’s choice when facing different risk-related prospectus. Through surveys based on previous literature, a study on a sample of 119 respondents, containing students from the School of Business, Economics, and Law in Gothenburg was done. READ MORE

  4. 3. “A Man After God’s Own Heart”: Biblical, Hegemonic and Toxic Masculinities in As Meat Loves Salt

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Nykhita Torres Mondaca; [2016]
    Keywords : masculinity studies; toxic masculinity; hegemonic masculinity; LGBT studies; As Meat Loves Salt; Maria McCann; biblical studies;

    Abstract : Maria McCann paints a dark picture of masculinity and its effects in her novel As Meat Loves Salt (2001). The violent Jacob Cullen struggles with his masculinity as he faces the intricacies of religion, sexuality and politics in the midst of the English Civil War where he falls in love with fellow soldier Christopher Ferris. By using R.W. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Internationalisation of the Swedish Armed Forces

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Jonathan Kvist; [2007]
    Keywords : Armed Forces; Sweden; Change; International Security; Conscription; Peace and conflict research; polemology; Freds- och konfliktforskning; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In this bachelors thesis I focus on the current change in the Swedish Armed Forces. The new international security context makes the Armed Forces´ old strategies inaccurate. New threats are replacing the old ones. READ MORE