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UNINA9910726286603321 |
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Autore |
Feng Runhuan |
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Titolo |
Decentralized insurance : technical foundation of business models / / Runhuan Feng |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 |
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9783031295591 |
3031295595 |
9783031295584 |
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[1st ed. 2023.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (279 pages) |
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Springer Actuarial, , 2523-32705 |
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Soggetti |
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Insurance - Statistical methods |
Insurance - Mathematical models |
Probabilities |
Statistics |
Mathematics in Business, Economics and Finance |
Applied Probability |
Applied Statistics |
Assegurances |
Estadística matemàtica |
Models matemàtics |
Llibres electrònics |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Introduction -- 2. Risk Assessment and Measures -- 3. Economics of Risk and Insurance -- 4. Traditional Insurance -- 5. Decentralized Insurance -- 6. Aggregate Risk Pooling -- 7. P2P Risk Exchange -- 8. Unified Framework -- 9. DeFi Insurance -- Reference. – Index. |
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The book offers an introduction to the technical foundation of decentralized insurance models, for advanced undergraduate students, graduate students and practitioners. The book is self-contained and anyone with a basic knowledge of probability and statistics should be able to follow through the entire book. It adopts a minimalist approach |
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to describe the essential elements and first principles so that readers can get a gist of these models without being overwhelmed with too much technicality. It can be used as a reference for business model designs. The inclusion of exercises and practical examples makes the book suitable for advanced courses on decentralized insurance and risk sharing. There is a mix of industry practices and academic models presented in this book. The exposition starts with an overview of historic and current business practices and preliminaries on the mathematics and economics of risk and insurance. A bird's-eye view of traditional insurance is provided as a benchmark for various topics to be used in contrast with decentralized insurance. The book then continues with decentralized insurance practices around the world, including online mutual aid originated in China, takaful from the Islamic world, peer-to-peer insurance in the West, catastrophe risk pooling for Caribbean countries, etc. Theories of aggregate risk pooling and peer-to-peer risk exchanges are provided for readers to appreciate the mathematical foundation of risk sharing. A unified framework of decentralized insurance is presented to show a structured approach to the economic design of decentralized business models. The book ends with a technical review of blockchain and decentralized finance (DeFi) insurance applications. |
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UNINA9910557473003321 |
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Autore |
Bisio Chiara |
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Titolo |
Innovative Materials and Methods for the Removal of Pollutants from the Environment |
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Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (342 p.) |
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Environmental economics |
Pollution control |
Research & information: general |
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The progress of society has led to an improvement of the quality of life of a significant number of people. On the other hand, anthropogenic pollution dramatically increased, with serious consequences for the environment and human health. Controlling and remedying environmental pollution is one of the main challenges of our century. Fundamental and applicative research are called to collaborate, involving scientists in the development of realistic and effective systems for the prevention and the removal of pollutants from the environment. Spreading knowledge is among the missions of researchers and this is the aim of this book, offering an updated view on innovative materials and methods for pollutant treatment. It is composed of 18 articles, among them 5 reviews and 13 original articles, dedicated to new adsorbent materials (inorganic, organic, and hybrid materials) for the capture of pollutant species and for their catalytic conversion into non-toxic substances, and to bioremediation approaches to treat contaminated media. Water, air, and soil pollution was investigated, both at the lab and large scale, with special relevance for wastewater treatments for the removal of heavy metals and organic pollutants. We are grateful to "Molecules" for the opportunity to edit the Special Issue on "Innovative Materials and Methods for the Removal of |
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Pollutants from the Environment". We created, for this book, an original cover image, dedicated to the efforts of chemistry to defend the beauty of environment, represented by flowers, against every prejudice that considers chemistry an enemy of life. |
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