Decision theory: general

Barrier options are a class of highly path-dependent exotic options which present particular challenges to practitioners in all areas of the financial industry.

Teaching isn't merely transmitting knowledge to students; it's also about teaching students to approach learning in engaging and unexpected ways.

The Front Office Manual is unique, providing clear and direct explanations of tools and techniques relevant to front office work.

The book contains a comprehensive review of all aspects of credit control: analysis and presentation for a decision; structure; monitoring; and damage limitation.

Updated and revised, this second edition applies advanced financial analytics within a strategic framework that recognizes an environment where sustainable competitive advantage is a progressively more difficult task.

The current crisis is emerging as the most severe downturn since the Great Depression.

The growth of Islamic finance today is significant, making it timely to meet the market demand across the world and particularly for Muslim countries by producing a cryptocurrency model under the Shari'ah ethical principles.

This book deals with the debated relationship between the characteristics of national supervision and manipulative practices in banks' annual reports, with a specific focus on income smoothing.

This book explores the issue of private sector over-indebtedness following the recent financial crisis.

Transfer Learning for Rotary Machine Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis introduces the theory and latest applications of transfer learning on rotary machine fault diagnosis and prognosis.

This book describes the new generation of discrete choice methods, focusing on the many advances that are made possible by simulation.

How you can become better at solving real-world problems by learning creative puzzle-solving skillsWe solve countless problems-big and small-every day.

The threat we face from high-stakes risk has never been higher.

This book focuses on how important massive information is and how sensitive outcomes are to information.

In the first book of its kind, Turnbull traces the development and implementation of actuarial ideas, from the conception of Equitable Life in the mid-18th century to the start of the 21st century.

This volume showcases the presentations and discussions delivered at the 2018 POMS International Conference in Rio.

This is a reprint of 978-0-901357-47-2Ergonomics in action: a practical guide for the workplace is a no-nonsense introduction to the principles of workplace ergonomics.

A number of dramatic changes are currently reshaping infrastructure, a sector that investors and asset managers have traditionally considered to be a safe harbor in the field of alternative investments.

This book analyzes the impact of COVID-19 on corporations in Malaysia, discussing the challenges and the corporations' responses to them.

Susen Claire Berg stellt die gegenwärtige bankenaufsichtsrechtliche Berücksichtigung des Kreditrisikos in allen drei Säulen des Baseler Rahmenwerks umfassend dar und liefert darüber hinaus eine rechtsvergleichende Analyse der derzeitigen Regulierung mit der zukünftigen potenziellen Behandlung des Kreditrisikos.

An essential guide to the calibrated risk analysis approach The Failure of Risk Management takes a close look at misused and misapplied basic analysis methods and shows how some of the most popular "e;risk management"e; methods are no better than astrology!

We all face risks in a variety of ways, as individuals, businesses and societies.

One of the core functions of any successful business is the ability to manage and adapt to risk.

For any modern business to thrive, it must assess, control and audit the risks it faces in a manner appropriate to its risk appetite.

Uncertainty is certain to be found in structural engineering, making it crucial to structure design.

Most successful organizations recognize Maintenance Parts and Procurement as a critical success factor to Asset Management Excellence and their fundamental supply chain value proposition.

Risk, Surprises and Black Swans provides an in depth analysis of the risk concept with a focus on the critical link to knowledge; and the lack of knowledge, that risk and probability judgements are based on.

This book presents recent advances in performability analysis methods and their applications in different fields.

How can you manage the complex threats that can cause financial, operational and reputational damage to the business?

This book explains how investor behavior, from mental accounting to the combustible interplay of hope and fear, affects financial economics.

As the world is currently in the midst of financial and economic crises, this collection of expert contributions focuses on strategy formation and implementation at various organizational levels to address the challenges ahead.

Die Entwicklung und Implementierung interner Verfahren zur Beurteilung und Sicherstellung der angemessenen ökonomischen Kapitalausstattung (Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process, ICAAP), die neben der Kapitalplanung und Stresstests das Risikotragfähigkeitskonzept umfassen, bilden unter der Säule 2 der Basler Eigenkapitalvereinbarung ein Kernstück des aufsichtlichen Überprüfungsverfahrens (Supervisory Review Process, SRP).

Unusual Stories, Unusually Told celebrates some of the boldest contemporary American voices with seven plays from Clubbed Thumb's Summerworks.

This book provides insights from research and practice in how organizations were able to sustain resilience in their global supply chains during the COVID-19 pandemic and to advance the understanding of supply chain risk management.

This book is an analysis of all possible interest rates.

This book gives an overview of the most important theories on Corporate Governance, investigating the myth and the reality of it.

The world of options is considered high-risk by many.

Processes of collective decision making are seen throughout modern society.

Systems engineering offers a set of capabilities and competencies to design and manage complex systems as they evolve.

Large projects are defining moments for companies and countries.

Discover recent powerful advances in the theory, methods, and applications of decision and risk analysis Focusing on modern advances and innovations in the field of decision analysis (DA), Breakthroughs in Decision Science and Risk Analysis presents theories and methods for making, improving, and learning from significant practical decisions.

This book introduces a new, multidimensional consequentialist theory, according to which an act''s rightness depends on several irreducible dimensions.

Risk is the single most prevalent and enduring factor that influences every individual, organization, and society.

As a security professional, have you found that you and others in your company do not always define "e;security"e; the same way?

The book examines the trends of premium collection and investment portfolio of LICI and selected private life insurers in India in order to compare their performances.

This book provides professionals and practitioners with a comprehensive guide on credit risk modeling, capital modeling, and validation for Current Expected Credit Loss (CECL), International Financial Reporting Standard 9 (IFRS9), Basel Capital and Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) procedures.

Managing Uncertainty, Mitigating Risk proposes that financial risk management broaden its approach, maintaining quantification where possible, but incorporating uncertainty.

This book focuses squarely on the problem of saving local government in the context of extraordinary financial challenges being faced across the globe.