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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Financial modeling"”.
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Financial modeling of new product development economics
… is presented to capture and analyze the financial factors relating to the profitability of a product development project. The methodology can assist product managers better understand the financial aspects of product development and help make more effective and objective project …
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Value stream financial modeling for improved production decision making
… be challenging given the complex production and financial structures in today's companies. While knowing the direct result of a local change may be easy, anticipating the real impact to the rest of the business can be difficult. Nonetheless, managers are faced with this dilemma on a regular basis …
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Sediment plumes and financial modeling in the context of deep-sea polymetallic nodule mining
… there are yet many technical, environmental and financial challenges to be addressed. This work tackles three critical topics essential to advance the knowledge and understanding in the field, namely, (i) nodule collector and (ii) return water sediment plumes discharged to the ocean during nodule …
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Beyond DCF analysis in real estate financial modeling : probabilistic evaluation of real estate ventures
… uncertainty and real options into real estate financial models is worthwhile, especially when there is an elevated level of unpredictability surrounding the investment decision. Incorporating uncertainty into real estate pro formas not only provides different results over deterministic models, …
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Deep Time: Deep Learning Extensions to Time Series Factor Analysis with Applications to Uncertainty Quantification in Economic and Financial Modeling
… are intended to be utilized in economic and financial factor models in state space form, building on recent developments in the application of neural networks to factor models with applications to financial and economic time series analysis. Finally, we demonstrate the efficacy of the …
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Applications of Deep Learning to Financial Time Series Forecasting
… high-dimensional data. In the particular case of financial modeling, one of the most important data analysis problems consists of predicting the future volatility of a given asset. In this thesis, we investigate how the Transformer architecture performs at the task of volatility forecasting by …
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Essays on Dynamics Models in Finance
… chapter is on a damped diffusion framework in financial modelling. With the popular CEV process for the underlying stock or stochastic volatility, the martingale option pricing approach can fail. I propose a flexible damped diffusion framework to overcome these drawbacks. This framework is …
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Financial engineering for BOT infrastructure projects
… in pursuing these ventures, is the expertise in financial engineering. As defined in this thesis, financial engineering is the systematic process that enables a private company to decide first in which BOT project to invest, and then to design the most cost-effective funding structure for …
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System dynamics, market microstructure and asset pricing
… volatility and tail events that characterized financial markets in the past decade. System Dynamics theory, which is still underutilized in financial modeling, could help researchers to model stock market dynamics, explain and simulate extreme events. This paper proposes an artificial stock …
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Business valuation of location-specific infrastructure projects in data-poor regions
A methodology in determining the financial values (business values) of physical infrastructure projects is presented from the public point of view. The business valuation model in this thesis adopts three concepts of financial modeling, Monte Carlo simulation (probability-generated cash flow), …
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Transformative bricks and sticks : boosting commercial and mixed-use rehabilitation projects in TDI districts
… market research, stakeholder interviews, and financial modeling help to inform this strategy.
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A Quantitative Analysis of Women’s Health Investments
… framework for evaluating and quantifying the financial performance of publicly traded companies focused on women’s healthcare. The research introduces a novel financial index quantifying women’s health constructed with various features through management infrastructure. To assess the viability …
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Fringe town : revitalization on the margin, assessing small downtown revival and catalytic real estate development feasibility on the urban fringe
… a local market analysis, and [3] a site plan and financial feasibility model. The methods used to complete this research included focused interviews, market analysis, and financial modeling. These methods are coupled with a review of literature and sought to answer what potential market-based …
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Gambling behavior through the lens of big data
… behavioral economics, machine learning, and financial modeling. The research critically reassesses established behavioral models, introduces novel methodological frameworks, and provides empirical insights into gambling decision mechanisms by leveraging newly collected, publicly available …
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Dynamic Financial Analysis of Property-Liability Insurance Companies
"This research applies state-of-the-art financial techniques to the dynamic financial modeling of property-liability (P-L) insurance companies. Dynamic financial analysis (DFA)--a relatively new concept in the P-L industry--attempts to analyze the underwriting and financial operations of an …
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Micronotes, LLC : business plan
… in which this business will operate, system and financial modeling to understand business drivers and sensitivities, market timing, international expansion, and routes to liquidity for investors.
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Analysis of employee stock options and guaranteed withdrawal benefits for life
In this thesis we study three problems related to financial modeling. First, we study the problem of pricing Employee Stock Options (ESOs) from the point of view of the issuing company. Since an employee cannot trade or eectively hedge ESOs, she exercises them to maximize a subjective criterion of …
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Last-time-build strategies of spare parts with the advent of 3D printing technology
… decision making of Last-Time-Build. By use of financial modeling and non-linear optimization tools, optimal strategies to best use 3D printing technology have been recommended, under several conditions of demand uncertainty. The most optimal results are achieved when a Hybrid approach is …
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