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  2. Lottery (decision theory) - Wikipedia

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    In this case, the expected utility of Lottery A is 14.4 (= .90(16) + .10(12)) and the expected utility of Lottery B is 14 (= .50(16) + .50(12)), so the person would prefer Lottery A. Expected utility theory implies that the same utilities could be used to predict the person's behavior in all possible lotteries.

  3. Lottery mathematics - Wikipedia

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    So there is now a 1 in 48 chance of predicting this number. Thus for each of the 49 ways of choosing the first number there are 48 different ways of choosing the second. This means that the probability of correctly predicting 2 numbers drawn from 49 in the correct order is calculated as 1 in 49 × 48. On drawing the third number there are only ...

  4. Lottery ticket hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    The term derived from considering the tunable subnetwork as the equivalent of a winning lottery ticket; the chance of any given ticket winning is tiny, but if you buy enough of them you are certain to win, and the number of possible subnetworks increases exponentially as the power set of the set of connections, making the number of possible ...

  5. Lottery wheeling - Wikipedia

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    A lottery wheel acts as a single ticket in terms of a particular guarantee, but it allows playing with a set of numbers of size larger than the size of the set of numbers drawn in the lottery. In a lottery where N numbers are drawn, a lottery wheel requires a subset of at least N+1 numbers. For instance, in a pick-6 lottery, a wheel has 7 or ...

  6. Mersenne Twister - Wikipedia

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    The 'Extract number' section shows an example where integer 0 has already been output and the index is at integer 1. 'Generate numbers' is run when all integers have been output. For a w -bit word length, the Mersenne Twister generates integers in the range [ 0 , 2 w − 1 ] {\displaystyle [0,2^{w}-1]} .

  7. Lottery scheduling - Wikipedia

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    Lottery scheduling is a probabilistic scheduling algorithm for processes in an operating system. Processes are each assigned some number of lottery tickets, and the scheduler draws a random ticket to select the next process. The distribution of tickets need not be uniform; granting a process more tickets provides it a relative higher chance of ...

  8. Today’s NYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram and Answers for ...

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    According to the New York Times, here's exactly how to play Strands: Find theme words to fill the board. Theme words stay highlighted in blue when found.

  9. Linear congruential generator - Wikipedia

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    A linear congruential generator (LCG) is an algorithm that yields a sequence of pseudo-randomized numbers calculated with a discontinuous piecewise linear equation. The method represents one of the oldest and best-known pseudorandom number generator algorithms.