03964nam 2200757 a 450 991096835620332120200520144314.09786613792600978128190635912819063529780231527057023152705510.7312/powe15366(CKB)3420000000000200(EBL)909381(OCoLC)818856688(SSID)ssj0000570306(PQKBManifestationID)11376114(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000570306(PQKBWorkID)10587574(PQKB)10343831(StDuBDS)EDZ0000455046(DE-B1597)459227(OCoLC)940685321(OCoLC)999354170(DE-B1597)9780231527057(Au-PeEL)EBL909381(CaPaEBR)ebr10522100(CaONFJC)MIL379260(OCoLC)772592983(Perlego)774628(MiAaPQ)EBC909381(FR-PaCSA)88864996(FRCYB88864996)88864996(EXLCZ)99342000000000020020110912d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrActs of god and man ruminations on risk and insurance /Michael R. PowersNew York Columbia Business School Pub.20121 online resource (303 p.)Columbia Business School PublishingDescription based upon print version of record.9780231153676 0231153678 9780231153669 023115366X Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. Living with risk -- pt. 2. The realm of insurance -- pt. 3. Scientific challenges.Much has been written about the ups and downs of financial markets, from the lure of prosperity to the despair of crises. Yet a more fundamental and pernicious source of uncertainty exists in today's world: the traditional "insurance" risks of earthquakes, storms, terrorist attacks, and other disasters. Insightfully exploring these "acts of God and man," Michael R. Powers guides readers through the methods available for identifying and measuring such risks, financing their consequences, and forecasting their future behavior within the limits of science.A distinctive characteristic of earthquakes, hurricanes, bombings, and other insurance risks is that they impact the values of stocks, bonds, commodities, and other market-based financial products, while remaining largely unaffected by or "aloof" from the behavior of markets. Quantifying such risks given limited data is difficult yet crucial for achieving the financing objectives of insurance. Powers begins with a discussion of how risk impacts our lives, health, and possessions and proceeds to introduce the statistical techniques necessary for analyzing these uncertainties. He then considers the experience of risk from the perspectives of both policyholders and insurance companies, and compares their respective responses.The risks inherent in the private insurance industry lead naturally to a discussion of the government's role as both market regulator and potential "insurer of last resort." Following a thoughtful and balanced analysis of these issues, Powers concludes with an interdisciplinary investigation into the nature of uncertainty, incorporating ideas from physics, philosophy, and game theory to assess science's limitations in predicting the ramifications of risk.Risk (Insurance)Risk managementRisk (Insurance)Risk management.368Powers Michael R278387MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910968356203321Acts of god and man4337768UNINA01636nam0 22003493i 450 RMS014759020251003044344.0354043347320090617d2002 ||||0itac50 baengdez01i xxxe z01nExtraction and exploitation of intensional knowledge from heterogeneous information sourcessemi-automatic approaches and toolsDomenico UrsinoBerlin [etc.]Springerc2002XXVI, 289 p.ill.24 cm.Lecture notes in computer scienceedited by G. Goos and J. Hartmanis2282001MIL00307032001 Lecture notes in computer scienceedited by G. Goos and J. Hartmanis2282702 1Goos, GerhardAQ1V006441340Intelligenza artificialeFIRCFIC006750ESistema espertoFIRCFIC011823I006.3INTELLIGENZA ARTIFICIALE14006.33Sistemi fondati sulla rappresentazione della conoscenza22IA <Intelligenza artificiale>Intelligenza artificialeIA <Intelligenza artificiale>Ursino, Domenico <1971- >RMSV055100070555234ITIT-00000020090617IT-BN0095 RMS0147590Biblioteca Centralizzata di Ateneo193 v. 01COLL. ING. LNCS 0102 0000073475 VMA A4(2282 v. 2282Y 2009061720090617 01Extraction and exploitation of intensional knowledge from heterogeneous information sources983406UNISANNIO