In a recent paper – Birth, Death, Coincidences and Occupancies: Solutions and Applications of Generalized Birthday and Occupancy Problems – Miami University professor of Electrical and Computer ...

It's well understood that stocks are more likely to provide growth than bonds but are more risky for retirees. Financial analysts are fond of using statistical models that come up with a "success ...

In this paper, we study a class of optimal dividend and investment problems assuming that the underlying reserve process follows the Sparre Andersen model, that is, the claim frequency is a "renewal" ...

Among patients with suspected obstructive CAD, two simple models that include clinical risk factors both outperform the commonly used pretest probability (PTP) model when it comes to predicting the ...

Alice and Bob are playing a game in which the first person to get 6 points wins. The way each point is decided is a little strange. The Casino has a pool table that Alice and Bob can't see. Before the ...

Economic evaluation of chemotherapy with mitoxantrone plus prednisone for symptomatic hormone-resistant prostate cancer: based on a Canadian randomized trial with palliative end points. Telomerase ...