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A Lognormal Model for Insurance Claims Data
Revstat Statistical Journal, 2006 In the insurance area, especially based on observations of the number of claims, N(w), corresponding to an exposure w, and on observations of the total amount of claims incurred, Y (w), the risk theory arises to quantify risks and to fit models of ...
Daiane Aparecida Zuanetti +2 more
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On the Normalization of the QSO's Lyman alpha Forest Power Spectrum
, 2001 The calculation of the transmission power spectrum of QSO's Lyman alpha absorption requires two parameters for the normalization: the continuum Fc and mean transmission, i.e. average of e^{-tau}.
Bi, Hongguang +2 more
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Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.We provide a framework for extending commonly used integrated population models to a metapopulation framework for testing novel ecological hypotheses about how changing environmental conditions within and among subpopulations drive changes in animal abundance.
Alexander R. Schindler +5 more
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Finite-Size Effects on Return Interval Distributions for Weakest-Link-Scaling Systems
, 2014 The Weibull distribution is a commonly used model for the strength of brittle materials and earthquake return intervals. Deviations from Weibull scaling, however, have been observed in earthquake return intervals and in the fracture strength of quasi ...
Hristopulos, Dionissios T. +2 more
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Fish and Fisheries, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Fisheries managers increasingly rely on stock assessment models to provide sustainable management advice, which must balance complex and competing objectives. Although assessment models necessitate simplifying assumptions, there is increasing recognition to improve the integration of realistic biological and fishery dynamics. While ongoing and
Matthew LH. Cheng +5 more
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On Metric Choice in Dimension Reduction for Fréchet Regression
International Statistical Review, EarlyView.Summary Fréchet regression is becoming a mainstay in modern data analysis for analysing non‐traditional data types belonging to general metric spaces. This novel regression method is especially useful in the analysis of complex health data such as continuous monitoring and imaging data.
Abdul‐Nasah Soale +3 more
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Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Four new species of the small‐sized armoured catfish genus Pareiorhina are described from mountain ranges in the Grande River drainage, upper Paraná River basin, based on morphological and molecular species delimitation methods. Molecular analyses based on the cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) marker recovered Pareiorhina as polyphyletic ...
Pedro L. C. Uzeda +6 more
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La productividad de los autores en la ciencia de la información colombiana
Ciência da Informação, 2011 Este trabajo analiza la productividad científica de los autores que han publicado documentos en cuatro revistas de ciencia de la información editadas en Colombia desde 1978 a 2009.
Cristina Restrepo Arango +1 more
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Effect of sintering cycle on the strength and translucency of multilayered zirconia
Journal of Prosthodontics, EarlyView.Abstract Purpose A newly introduced sintering protocol promises to offer higher translucency while not significantly compromising the flexural strength of the material. However, the effect of the novel sintering protocol has not been thoroughly validated.
Kedith Sawangsri +3 more
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An Analysis of the Number of Medical Malpractice Claims and Their Amounts. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Starting from an extensive database, pooling 9 years of data from the top three insurance brokers in Italy, and containing 38125 reported claims due to alleged cases of medical malpractice, we use an inhomogeneous Poisson process to model the number of ...
Marco Bonetti +3 more
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