In this paper, we propose a semi-Markov chain to model the salary levels of participants ina pension scheme. The aim of the models is to understand the evolution in time of the salary of activeworkers in order to implement it in the construction of the actuarial technical balance sheet. It...

This article presents a semi-Markov process based approach to optimally select a portfolio consisting of credit risky bonds. The criteria to optimize the credit portfolio is based on l∞-norm risk measure and the proposed optimization model is formulated as a linear programming problem. The...