The classical optimal dividend problem of de Finetti is about how an insurance company should dynamically pay out dividends such that the resulting payoff to shareholders is maximized. The catch here…
Friday, April 11, 2014 at 12:00pm
Frank H. T. Rhodes Hall, 253
Ezra's Round Table/Systems Seminar: Jerald L. Schnoor (Iowa) - Water Sustainability and Climate Change
Water is a vital renewable…
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
253 Rhodes Hall
Ever since the work of Aristotle, the shape and fate of pebbles have fascinated many people and have been in the focus of scientific interest. Starting with Lord…
Abstract: Real option theory is concerned with the timing of investments that are costly to reverse and where future net benefits are uncertain (risky). Ecologists have determined that geometric…
Abstract: Just by inspection of Earth’s surface using Google Earth, vegetation patterns of different type can be found in semi-arid climates such as in Mali and Niger. These patterns range…