This paper presents a bifurcation analysis of two symmetrically coupled Rössler systems. The assumed symmetry does not allow any one direction to become preferred, and the coupled system is therefore an example of a higher-dimensional dissipative system which does not become effectively...

The problem of portfolio selection is discussed with special emphasis on the casualty insurance firm. A single period optimisation model is developed in which expected return is maximized subject to a chance constraint requiring return to be greater than some lower bound with a stipulated...