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  2. Wage payment systems - Wikipedia

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    Differential time rate : According to this method, different hourly rates are fixed for different levels of efficiency. Payment on Result. Piece Work Straight piecework system : The wages of the worker depend upon his output and rate of each unit of output; it is in fact independent of the time taken by him.

  3. Piece work - Wikipedia

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    Although there were many piece rate systems in use, they were largely resented and manipulative. One of the most influential tenets of Scientific Management was Taylor's popularization of the "differential piece rate system", which relied on accurate measurements of productivity rates to create a "standard" production output target. Those who ...

  4. Finite difference method - Wikipedia

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    For example, consider the ordinary differential equation ′ = + The Euler method for solving this equation uses the finite difference quotient (+) ′ to approximate the differential equation by first substituting it for u'(x) then applying a little algebra (multiplying both sides by h, and then adding u(x) to both sides) to get (+) + (() +).

  5. Finite difference methods for option pricing - Wikipedia

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    The discrete difference equations may then be solved iteratively to calculate a price for the option. [4] The approach arises since the evolution of the option value can be modelled via a partial differential equation (PDE), as a function of (at least) time and price of underlying; see for example the Black–Scholes PDE. Once in this form, a ...

  6. Itô's lemma - Wikipedia

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    Suppose we are given the stochastic differential equation = + , where B t is a Wiener process and the functions , are deterministic (not stochastic) functions of time. In general, it's not possible to write a solution X t {\displaystyle X_{t}} directly in terms of B t . {\displaystyle B_{t}.}

  7. Difference engine - Wikipedia

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    A difference engine is an automatic mechanical calculator designed to tabulate polynomial functions. It was designed in the 1820s, and was first created by Charles Babbage . The name difference engine is derived from the method of finite differences , a way to interpolate or tabulate functions by using a small set of polynomial co-efficients.

  8. Method of characteristics - Wikipedia

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    As an example, consider the advection equation (this example assumes familiarity with PDE notation, and solutions to basic ODEs). + = where is constant and is a function of and . We want to transform this linear first-order PDE into an ODE along the appropriate curve; i.e. something of the form

  9. Taylor series - Wikipedia

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    That is, the Taylor series diverges at x if the distance between x and b is larger than the radius of convergence. The Taylor series can be used to calculate the value of an entire function at every point, if the value of the function, and of all of its derivatives, are known at a single point. Uses of the Taylor series for analytic functions ...