The Maximum Lq-Likelihood Method: an Application to Extreme Quantile Estimation in Finance [PDF]
Estimating financial risk is a critical issue for banks and insurance companies. Recently, quantile estimation based on Extreme Value Theory (EVT) has found a successful domain of application in such a context, outperforming other approaches.
Davide Ferrari, Sandra Paterlini
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The impact of cross-reactive immunity on the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants [PDF]
Thompson R +6 more
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Multi-Sectoral Uses of Water & Approaches to DSS in Water Management in the NOSTRUM Partner Countries of the Mediterranean [PDF]
Agriculture contributes an average of about 10% to the GDP of the partner countries of the Mediterranean involved in the project NOSTRUM. On the other hand, industry contributes an average of about 30% in these countries.
Abu-Zeid, Khaled, Afifi, Sameh
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A Discrete Theory of Connections on Principal Bundles
Connections on principal bundles play a fundamental role in expressing the equations of motion for mechanical systems with symmetry in an intrinsic fashion.
Leok, Melvin +2 more
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Governance and Water Management: Progress and Tools in Mediterranean Countries [PDF]
This paper reviews the progress with respect to Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) in Mediterranean countries, as addressed within the activities of the Nostrum-Dss project, a Coordination Action funded by the 6th Framework Programme of the EC ...
Fraviga, Gregorio, Sgobbi, Alessandra
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MAJOR MISUNDERSTANDINGS IN ECONOMIC CRISES, IN THE LIGHT OF KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY [PDF]
Present study reviews certain main pro-active approaches and connections. Searching for root concepts, a number of current views on causes of today’s crisis are selected.
JIVAN Alexandru
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A Donaldson-Thomas crepant resolution conjecture on Calabi-Yau 4-folds
Let $G$ be a finite subgroup of $\mathrm{SU}(4)$ whose elements have age not larger than one. In the first part of this paper, we define $K$-theoretic stable pair invariants on the crepant resolution of the affine quotient $\mathbb{C}^4/G$, and ...
Cao, Yalong +2 more
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Reliability and Availability Analysis of a Single Unit System with Varying Demand [PDF]
This paper investigates the reliability and availability analysis of a single unit system in an industry, depending on the variation in demand. Variation in demand affects the production also and hence the system may go to down state when the units ...
Gulshan Taneja, Reetu Malhotra
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Two Fallacies In Approching The Current Crisis [PDF]
Present study aims to reveal a few of the main perceptions and assumptions concerning economic activity, with implications in the nowadays’ crisis.
Alexandru JIVAN
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SUSTAINABILITY OR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT A RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALISTS [PDF]
The community development has in view the encouragement and the involvement of the human resources management on the track meant for the individual and social development.
Mirela-Elena MAZILU
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