On measuring and profiling catastrophic risks

Cybernetics and Systems Analysis

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 839-850

  Norkin, V I ^a  

^a V M GLUSHKOV INSTITUTE OF CYBERNETICS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Catastrophic flood; Catastrophic risk; Decision making; Indifference curves; Insurance; Investments; Risk functions; Risk measures; Risk profiling; Risk zoning

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC RISK; RISK PROFILING;

DECISION MAKING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; RISK ANALYSIS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33947162566     PISSN: 10600396     EISSN: 15738337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10559-006-0124-1     Document Type: Article

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