Having difficulty predicting the ups and downs of the stock market? Have you considered the fuzzification of candlesticks? Authors Partha Roy, Sanjay Sharma and M.K. Kowar (at the Bhilai Institute of Technology, Durg, India) have – and present their approach in the International Journal of Hybrid Information Technology, Vol. 5, No. 3, July, 2012. The […]
Tag: gambling
Gambling: Plato + Socratic etymology of her riddle’s answer
This study explains gambling in a way no other study has managed. We believe this paper features the first appearance — anywhere, ever — of the phrase “an analysis of the foot wager of the Sphinx“: “Souls/Soles of Signs — Tell Totems and the Sphinx Wager,” Darryl A. Smith [pictured here], University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Center […]
“No-crap craps: crapless craps done right”
For intellectual property enthusiasts: “No-crap craps: crapless craps done right,” US patent application # 2006/0043671 A1, filed August 30, 2004 by Stuart N. Ethier. Here’s how Ethier summarizes his innovation: “Crapless Craps, a game that has existed for more than 20 years, is a modification of standard craps designed to eliminate the possibility of the […]
How to gamble if you’re in a hurry, colorfully
The trio of Ekhad, Georgiadis and Zeilberger evidently had a good time writing this statistico-mathematical paper: “How to Gamble If You’re In a Hurry“ Shalosh B. Ekhad, Evangelos Georgiadis, Doron Zeilberger [pictured here] arXiv:1112.1645, Dec 7, 2011 “The beautiful theory of statistical gambling, started by Dubins and Savage (for subfair games) and continued by Kelly and Breiman (for superfair […]