Simulation models are often not used to their full potential in the decision-making process. The default simulation strategy of simple serial replication of fixed length runs mean...
We propose a structural credit risk model for consumer lending using option theory and the concept of the value of the consumer’s reputation. Using Brazilian empirical data and ...
This paper investigates the use of a one-class support vector machine algorithm to detect the onset of system anomalies, and trend output classification probabilities, as a way to ...
We consider the risk of a portfolio comprised of loans, bonds, and financial instruments that are subject to possible default. In particular, we are interested in performance meas...
We present a multivariate statistical model to represent the human skin color. In our approach, there are no limitations regarding if the person is white or black, once the model ...