Essays about: "Negative binomial"

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  1. 6. Favourable Opportunities in Sports Betting - A Statistical Approach to Football Goals in the Premier League

    University essay from KTH/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Fredrik Lindau; Gustaf Carle; [2022]
    Keywords : statistics; Poisson distribution; Negative Binomial distribution; Bayesian regression; football; Premier League; sports betting; market efficiency; probability theory; estimations; statistik; Poisson fördelning; Negativ Binomial fördelning; Bayesiansk regression; fotboll; Premier League; betting; marknadseffektivitet; sannolikhetsteori; skattningar;

    Abstract : The premise of this report is to delve into sports betting and whether favourable opportunities can be found, more specifically focusing on over and under odds for number of goals scored in football games of the Premier League. Using historical data from football matches several models are developed, the characteristics of goals warranting the use of probability based Poisson and Negative Binomial models, as well as Bayesian Poisson regression for goal predictions. READ MORE

  3. 7. A closer look at war: analyzing the determinants of conflict in Mozambique during 2013-2021 using geo-referenced data

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Fátima de Arriba Moreno; [2022]
    Keywords : conflicts; vertical inequality; horizontal inequality; ethnic fractionalization; natural resources; climate change; zero-inflated negative binomial model; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The relationship between inequality and conflict has been widely studied in the literature, finding non-significant results. However, the availability of new statistical software and geographical databases has boosted new literature on the topic, focusing on the regional level. READ MORE

  4. 8. Construction and Evaluation of Basket Options using the Binomial Option Pricing Model

    University essay from KTH/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Robin Nordström; Sepand Tabari; [2021]
    Keywords : Applied Mathematics; Financial Mathematics; Option Pricing; Binomial Option Pricing Model; Basket Option; Delta Neutrality; Data Analysis; Tillämpad Matematik; Finansiell Matematik; Optionsprissättning; Binomialmodellen; Korgoption; Deltaneutralitet; Dataanalys;

    Abstract : Hedge funds use a variety of different financial instruments in order to try to achieve over-average returns without taking on excessive risk - options being one of the most common of these instruments. Basket options is a type of option that is written on several underlying assets that can be used to hedge risky positions. READ MORE

  5. 9. Socio-economic inequality in Health : - An analysis of individuals over the age of 50 in the European population

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Evelina Jansson; [2021]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : I have considered how socio-economic status are related to different health outcomes among people older than 50 years in the population of Europe and Israel. The data originates from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (the SHARE-project) and offers the opportunity for an in-depth analysis through its information-rich content that includes over 100 different variables at the individual level, covering the years 2004-2017. READ MORE

  6. 10. Supervised Learning for Prediction of Tumour Mutational Burden

    University essay from KTH/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Joanna Hargell; [2021]
    Keywords : Supervised Learning; Tumour Mutational Burden; Generalized Linear Models; Decision trees; Support Vector Machines; statistik; tillämpad matematik; statistisk inlärning; mutationsbörda;

    Abstract : Tumour Mutational Burden is a promising biomarker to predict response to immunotherapy. In this thesis, statistical methods of supervised learning were used to predict TMB: GLM, Decision Trees and SVM. READ MORE