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L.E. Meester

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Weibull Parameter Estimation for Small Censored Data Sets

Comparison of the maximum likelihood method and generalised least squares method in the estimation of Weibull parameters

The Weibull distribution is one of the most widely used distributions in reliability analysis. The ability to accurately estimate the parameters of Weibull distributed data can be very useful, and particularly important when dealing with small data sets and high degrees of censor ...

A Novel Approach to FX Swap Portfolio Management

With an Application in Portfolio Optimization

In this thesis, we define a new concept of duration for FX Swaps and more broadly for sovereign bonds. The con-cept of duration already exists for bonds and more specifically coupon bonds, where it is also called ”Macauley Duration”. We aim to define a concept for FX Swaps with s ...

Multi Target XGBoost Cash Flow Prediction

An Efficient Machine Learning Algorithm For Future Liability Projections

Insurers are required to have buffers to be able to meet financial obligations that result from their portfolios, which are determined using a cash flow model. The input of such a cash flow model consists among of things, of two mortality tables and the portfolio of an insurer. M ...

Evaluation of the similarity index

A statistical procedure for comparing Weibull distributions

In this thesis, we evaluate the statistical procedure based on the similarity index proposed by Ypma and Ross in 'Determing the similarity between expected and observed ageing behavior'. The function for the similarity index is defined based on the inner product of two probabilit ...
This thesis investigates the estimation of option-implied probability density functions for inflation using inflation options, focusing not only on the expected value but the whole distribution. The aim is to identify the most effective method for measuring the market expectation ...
In this report, our goal is to find a way to get some information such as the mean out of high dimensional densities. If we want to calculate the mean we need to calculate integrals, which are difficult to do for high dimensional densities. We cannot use the analytical or classic ...
In dit onderzoek is een Monte Carlo algoritme beschreven voor het schatten van de dominante eigenwaarde en bijbehorende eigenvector van een niet-negatieve, irreducibele matrix. Naast de werking van het Monte Carlo algoritme is ook de convergentiesnelheid onderzocht. Tevens zijn e ...
In tegenstelling tot een Europese optie, is de prijs van een Amerikaanse optie vaak niet te berekenen met behulp van standaard analysemethoden. Om toch een optieprijs te kunnen bepalen, wordt er gebruik gemaakt van simulatiemethoden. In stochastische modellen, gebaseerd op zogeno ...