Essays about: "Simon Klein"

Found 4 essays containing the words Simon Klein.

  1. 1. Avoiding the conjunction fallacy: Who can take a hint?

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Simon Klein; [2017]
    Keywords : Conjunction fallacy; nested-sets; need-for-cognition; NFC; numeracy; cognitive reflection; individual differences; debiasing.;

    Abstract : Humans repeatedly commit the so called “conjunction fallacy”, erroneously judging the probability of two events occurring together as higher than the probability of one of the events. Certain hints have been shown to mitigate this tendency. READ MORE

  3. 2. Attacking SameGame using Monte-Carlo Tree Search : Using randomness as guidance in puzzles

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC)

    Author : Simon Klein; [2015]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Since the birth of the computer, the creation of algorithms to beat humans in games has been a hot topic, algorithms that if successful often have vast implications. For some games and problems however, it has been notoriously difficult for computers to perform well. READ MORE

  4. 3. Post-Traumatic Stress Among the Children in Golding’s Lord of The Flies

    University essay from Akademin för utbildning och ekonomi

    Author : Simon Näslund; [2012]
    Keywords : Psychoanalysis; Golding; Trauma; PTSD;

    Abstract : The essay explored the connection between the deviation of the children’s behavioral patterns and the theory of psychoanalysis. Texts by Klein and Freud and also adaptations of their theories by Mangs, Martell and Salzberg-Wittenberg were used to explore whether the characters followed the developmental stages according to psychoanalysis. READ MORE

  5. 4. Branding National Identity

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Anamaria Georgescu; Andrei Botescu; [2004]
    Keywords : Sociology; Sociologi; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The following thesis, "Branding national identity", authored by Anamaria Georgescu and Andrei Botescu, attempts to develop a multidisciplinary perspective on a particularly new topic raised by marketing and advertising. Several theoreticians in the field discern the matter as a strategy of "fighting globalisation with its own weapons" (Simon Anholt, 2002). READ MORE