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Pawnee Benefit Package Program Actuarial Model

open access: yes, 1985
This report describes the Pawnee Benefit Package Program (PBPP) Actuarial Model. TheActuarial Model is a simulation tool designed to provide a structure within which data can beorganized and cost estimates prepared for a number of IHS program options ...
JRB Associates.   +1 more
core  

Comparison of Semiparametric Models in the Presence of Noise and Outliers

open access: yesJournal of Applied Mathematics
Various studies have examined generalized additive models (GAMs), comparing thin plate splines (tp), P-splines (ps), cubic regression splines (cr), and Gaussian processes (gp) for discrete choice data, function approximation, and in the presence of ...
Daniel Edinam Wormenor   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mathematical Modeling of Tobacco and Marijuana Coabuse and the Influence of Educational Campaigns

open access: yesJournal of Applied Mathematics
Substance misuse is a serious threat to people's health and the socioeconomic stability of countries all over the world. Tobacco and marijuana are among the most abused drugs.
Cecilia Mbithe Wambua   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Value at Risk Analysis using Heavy-Tailed Distribution on the Insurance Claims Data

open access: yesJTAM (Jurnal Teori dan Aplikasi Matematika)
The insurance has often been involved to minimize financial losses. As the product providers, the insurance companies must effectively manage risks to prevent errors in risk measurement.
Utriweni Mukhaiyar   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Safety Assessment in Child Protection—A Survey Study With Dutch Child Protection Workers

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Safety assessment is a crucial part of child protective services to estimate acute and chronic danger in families that are at risk for child abuse in order to determine whether and which steps need to be taken to protect the child's safety. This study aimed to gain insight into the usefulness of the safety assessment procedure at Dutch child ...
B. Erens, H. Gerger, E. Simon
wiley   +1 more source

Secant Unit Gompertz Quantile Regression for Modeling Bounded Endogenous Variables

open access: yesComputational and Mathematical Methods
Modeling data that falls within the [0,1] domain is a huge task in most scientific disciplines. This is because most classical distributions do not address the issues of complex data shapes as well as managing the dynamism of extreme quantiles. The study
Robert Adombire Akumbobe   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Study of Stochastic Ranking Scales for Financial Risks of Different Levels of Catastrophicity

open access: yesФинансы: теория и практика
The concept of stochastic order between random variables has been formed and developed in science since the middle of the 20th century. However, it was only in the last decade that these concepts began to penetrate into risk management applications and ...
V. B. Minasyan
doaj   +1 more source

Chapman & Hall/CRC Series in Actuarial Science

open access: yes
I am now part of the editorial team in charge of the Chapman & Hall/CRC Series in Actuarial Science, with Montserrat Guillén, Steven Haberman, Edward W.
Arthur Charpentier
core   +1 more source

Exploratory Analysis of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Metabolic Phenotypes and Their Association With Vitamin D Status in Primary Care Patients

open access: yesDiabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims This study aimed to perform an exploratory characterisation of metabolic phenotypes in primary care patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), using a predefined approach and examine their association with vitamin D status. Materials and Methods This cross‐sectional study included 178 participants randomly selected in Sergipe, Brazil.
Liliane Viana Pires   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mathematical Modeling of Leptospirosis With Misdiagnosis

open access: yesJournal of Applied Mathematics
Leptospirosis is a widespread zoonotic bacterial disease that continues to pose a major public health challenge, particularly in developing countries where it causes substantial morbidity, mortality, and economic losses.
Japheth Musingila Mwongela   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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