Bøker utgitt av VDM Verlag

Book is devoted to the analysis of the most widely used methods of pricing of insurance contracts with known distributions of the future losses and their properties. All properties formulated in the book are presented together with their proofs. Several characterization theorems formulated in a form of necessary and sufficient conditions for certain properties to be hold are presented. Monotonicity and limit behavior of insurance premiums dependent on parameters are also studied. Book contains a large number of examples of premium calculations for different claim distributions taking into account random appearance of the claim and random size of the claim. We demonstrate also concepts of ogramming of described mathematical algorithms in MatLab GUI and present tables of numerical illustrations for different model parameters. Book was written on the level accessible for students finishing actuarial and financial master educational programs and can be interesting to read and to use for actuaries and computer programmers working in the insurance industry as well as for other readers willing to know haw prices for insurance contracts are calculated.

This book describes the entire life cycle of a health research project based on live experiences from Ethiopia. What a research is, how it can be conducted well and how it can be written in a reader friendly manner. You may be good in writting, but a well written research paper may get shelved. This book will give you the tips in communicating your research to the relevant audience. Organizations are also facing difficulty in getting the right research consultant. This book will guide you how to manage that. The experiences of the author in research managment are well reflected in the book. you might assume that you are a good reader of research. How to read paper will enable you to verify that. The author is a research instructor, a researcher and a research manager. Reading such simple but very helpful will make one pround of young research.