Risk Theory I
Subject 300-406 (2008)
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| Credit Points: | 12.500 | ||||||||||||
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| Level: | Undergraduate | ||||||||||||
| Dates & Locations: | This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2008: Semester 1, - Taught on campus.
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| Time Commitment: | Contact Hours: Three hours of lectures and/or tutorials per week Total Time Commitment: Not available | ||||||||||||
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| Corequisites: | None | ||||||||||||
| Recommended Background Knowledge: | None | ||||||||||||
| Non Allowed Subjects: | None | ||||||||||||
| Core Participation Requirements: |
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Dr S Li| Subject Overview: |
Topics include collective risk model, calculation of moments and mgf of aggregate claims; recursion formulae (eg. Panjer's and Schroter's), effect of reinsurance; individual risk model, De Pril's recursion formula and Kornya's method; fundamentals of decision theory; credibility theory; exact credibility and the Buhlmann-Straub model. |
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| Assessment: | A 50-minute mid-semester test (20%) and a 2-hour end-of-semester examination (80%). |
| Prescribed Texts: | None |
| Recommended Texts: | Information Not Available |
| Breadth Options: | This subject is not available as a breadth subject. |
| Fees Information: | Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date |
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