Pizza Making ProcessCovers the process of making pizza, sampling, averages, dispersion, residuals, and normal distribution.
Dependence in Random VectorsExplores dependence in random vectors, covering joint density, conditional independence, covariance, and moment generating functions.
Portfolio Management: Risk and ReturnExplores portfolio rate of return, valuation, risk characterization, and historical performance, emphasizing diversification benefits and mean-variance analysis.
Optimization and SimulationCovers the Metropolis-Hastings algorithm and gradient-based approaches for biasing searches towards higher likelihood values.