A Level-set Hit-and-run Sampler for Quasi-Concave Distributions Shane T. Jensen and Dean P. Foster Department of Statistics, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Abstract

Source URL: www-stat.wharton.upenn.edu

• Monte Carlo methods
• Markov chain Monte Carlo
• Non-uniform random numbers
• Probability distributions
• Computational statistics
• Gibbs sampling
• Rejection sampling
• MetropolisHastings algorithm
• Slice sampling
• Bayesian network
• Quasiconvex function
• Normal distribution

Leadership with Commitment to Mixed Strategies∗ Bernhard von Stengel Department of Mathematics, London School of Economics, Houghton St, London WC2A 2AE, United Kingdom email:

Source URL: www.cdam.lse.ac.uk

• Game theory
• Non-cooperative games
• Nash equilibrium
• Trembling hand perfect equilibrium
• Solution concept
• Subgame perfect equilibrium
• Best response
• Matching pennies
• Bimatrix game
• Normal-form game
• Outcome
• Subgame

Strategic Characterization of the Index of an Equilibrium Arndt von Schemde and Bernhard von Stengel Department of Mathematics, London School of Economics, London WC2A 2AE, United Kingdom , stengel@nash.

Source URL: www.maths.lse.ac.uk

• Game theory
• Non-cooperative games
• Bimatrix game
• Nash equilibrium
• Coordination game
• Normal-form game
• Strategy
• Best response
• Simplex
• LemkeHowson algorithm
• Folk theorem

Computing an Extensive-Form Correlated Equilibrium in Polynomial Time Wan Huang and Bernhard von Stengel Department of Mathematics, London School of Economics, London WC2A 2AE, United Kingdom , stengel

Source URL: www.maths.lse.ac.uk

• Mathematics
• Convex optimization
• Operations research
• Academia
• Applied mathematics
• Game theory
• Extensive-form game
• Nash equilibrium
• Normal-form game
• Ellipsoid method
• Linear programming
• Polynomial

Exponentially Many Steps for Finding a Nash Equilibrium in a Bimatrix Game∗ Rahul Savani and Bernhard von Stengel Department of Mathematics, London School of Economics Houghton St, London WC2A 2AE, United Kingdom email

Source URL: www.cdam.lse.ac.uk

• Game theory
• LemkeHowson algorithm
• Bimatrix game
• Nash equilibrium
• Strategy
• Symmetric game
• Best response
• Zero-sum game
• Normal-form game
• Symmetric equilibrium
• Risk dominance
• Folk theorem

Interpreting Tests of School VAM Validity By Joshua Angrist, Peter Hull, Parag Pathak, and Christopher Walters∗ models, and develops an empirical Bayes strategy that uses lotteries to improve estimates of school qualit

Source URL: seii.mit.edu

• Econometrics
• Regression analysis
• Parametric statistics
• Estimation theory
• Least squares
• Instrumental variable
• Linear regression
• Ordinary least squares
• Simultaneous equations model
• Heteroscedasticity
• Coefficient of determination
• Normal distribution

Kernel Belief Propagation 1 Le Song,1 Arthur Gretton,1,2 Danny Bickson,1 Yucheng Low,1 Carlos Guestrin1 School of Computer Science, CMU; 2 Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit & MPI for Biological Cybernetics

Source URL: select.cs.cmu.edu

• Statistics
• Probability
• Mathematical analysis
• Machine learning
• Hilbert space
• Graphical models
• Probability theory
• Belief propagation
• Coding theory
• Positive-definite kernel
• Mixture model
• Normal distribution

Efficient Learning Strategy of Chinese Characters Based on Network Approach Xiaoyong Yan1,2, Ying Fan1, Zengru Di1, Shlomo Havlin3, Jinshan Wu1* 1 School of Systems Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, 2 C

Source URL: havlin.biu.ac.il

Riffled Independence for Ranked Data (extended version with proofs) Jonathan Huang, Carlos Guestrin School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University

Source URL: select.cs.cmu.edu

• Fourier analysis
• Probability distributions
• Measure theory
• Fourier transform
• Joseph Fourier
• Permutation
• Random walk
• F-distribution
• Dirac delta function
• Symbol
• Riffle shuffle permutation
• Normal distribution

Issues and Options for Social Security Reform in China Li Shi1 School of Economics and Business Administration, Beijing Normal University

Source URL: paftad.org