JSM 2005 - Toronto

JSM Activity #139

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139 Mon, 8/8/05, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM MCC-211 A
Applications in Business and Economics I - Contributed - Papers
Business and Economics Statistics Section
Chair(s): Wanli Min, IBM
     10:35 AM   Class of Counting Distribution and the Number of Claims Distribution — Min Deng, Maryville University Saint Louis
     10:50 AM   Predictive Modeling in Property and Casualty Insurance: Case Study for Identifying the Worst Insurance Risks among Small Businesses — Vladimir Ladyzhets, Babson Capital Management LLC; Martin Couture, St. Paul Travelers Insurance Company
     11:05 AM   A Dynamic Hazard Model and Model Change Detection System for Predicting Corporate Distress — Shu-Hui Yu, National Chi Nan University
     11:20 AM   Competitiveness of Different Groups of Italian Enterprises Detected Using Robust Classification Methods — Matilde Bini, Università degli Studi di Firenze; Bruno Bertaccini, Università degli Studi di Firenze
     11:35 AM   Building Uncorrelated Models for Consumer Lending: A practitioner's Review of Applications — Alex Strounine
     11:50 AM   Applying Smoothing Spine and EM Algorithm to Airline Performance Modeling — Yufeng Tu, University of Maryland; Michael Ball, University of Maryland; Wolfgang Jank, University of Maryland
     12:05 PM   Optimal Prediction Under Linex Loss: A Monte Carlo Study — Yasemin (Uu) Bardakci, American University of Beirut
 

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