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Entries from August 2007

Valuing a professor

August 10th, 2007 · No Comments

A professor at research universities (i.e., top ranked schools) is judged on many dimensions, but one of the most important dimensions is the number of papers a professor has published in top journals.
Such simplistic approach has two problems. First, not all top journal publications are equal, some are really good, and some, where, should not […]

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Tags: Faculty Life

What if you know when you will die…

August 8th, 2007 · No Comments

in game theory, when you do not know when the game will end, it is essentially a game with infinite time horizon. on the other hand, if you know when the game will end, regardless how far the end will be, it is finite time horizon. the optimal strategy in these two cases are usually […]

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