Calculation
A calculation is a deliberate process that transforms one or more inputs into one or more results, with variable change. The term is used in a variety of senses, from the very definite arithmetical calculation of using an algorithm, to the vague heuristics of calculating a strategy in a competition, or calculating the chance of a successful relationship between two people.
For example, multiplying 7 by 6 is a simple algorithmic calculation. Estimating the fair price for financial instruments using the Black–Scholes model is a complex algorithmic calculation.
Statistical estimations of the likely ...more
For example, multiplying 7 by 6 is a simple algorithmic calculation. Estimating the fair price for financial instruments using the Black–Scholes model is a complex algorithmic calculation.
Statistical estimations of the likely ...more
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What we witness playing out in the relationships of our public figures we risk finding acceptable in our private lives. Feminists have connected women’s sexual subordination to their unequal status in society, and have strived to transform women’s expectations in their private lives. Private dignity at home equates to dignity in the workplace and the public sphere.
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― Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives
― Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives
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[People] in general are good calculators.... the soldier on campaign who estimates distance in a single glance... the poet who counts syllables and verifies the cadence of his verses... the musician who applies in his compositions the laws of perfect harmony... the painter who draws with the unvarying proportions of perspective in his mind... the humble rug maker who arranges one by one the threads of his labor... All of these, O King, are fine and accomplished calculators.
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― The Man Who Counted: A Collection of Mathematical Adventures
― The Man Who Counted: A Collection of Mathematical Adventures
