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The trinity of errors in financial models: An introductory analysis using TensorFlow Probability

O'Reilly on Data

An exploration of three types of errors inherent in all financial models. At Hedged Capital , an AI-first financial trading and advisory firm, we use probabilistic models to trade the financial markets. All financial models are wrong. Clearly, a map will not be able to capture the richness of the terrain it models.

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Protecting Your Cryptocurrency Wllets with Machine Learning

Smart Data Collective

In 2018, researchers used data mining and machine learning to detect Ponzi schemes in Ethereum. They examined Ethereum’s smart contracts and used eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) to build detection models. Before your crypto transaction is completed, it must be broadcast to its proprietary network for validation.

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Misleading Statistics Examples – Discover The Potential For Misuse of Statistics & Data In The Digital Age

datapine

During one of Fow New’s broadcasts, anchor Tucker Carlson displayed a graph saying that the number of Americans identifying as Christians had collapsed over the last decade. 3) Data fishing. This misleading data example is also referred to as “data dredging” (and related to flawed correlations). Source : www.rawstory.com.