In this article,mathematical modeling for the evaluation of reliability is studied using two methods.One of the methods,is developed based on possibility theory.The performance of the reliability of the system is of p...In this article,mathematical modeling for the evaluation of reliability is studied using two methods.One of the methods,is developed based on possibility theory.The performance of the reliability of the system is of prime concern.In view of this,the outcomes for the failure are required to evaluate with utmost care.In possibility theory,the reliability information data determined from decision-making experts are subjective.The samemethod is also related to the survival possibilities as against the survival probabilities.The other method is the one that is developed using the concept of approximation of closed interval including the piecewise quadratic fuzzy numbers.In this method,a decision-making expert is not sure of his/her estimates of the reliability parameters.Numerical experiments are performed to illustrate the efficiency of the suggested methods in this research.In the end,the paper is concluded with some future research directions to be explored for the proposed approach.展开更多
The stochastic alpha beta rho(SABR)model introduced by Hagan et al.(2002)is widely used in both fixed income and the foreign exchange(FX)markets.Continuously monitored barrier option contracts are among the most popul...The stochastic alpha beta rho(SABR)model introduced by Hagan et al.(2002)is widely used in both fixed income and the foreign exchange(FX)markets.Continuously monitored barrier option contracts are among the most popular derivative contracts in the FX markets.In this paper,we develop closed-form formulas to approximate various types of barrier option prices(down-and-out/in,up-and-out/in)under the SABR model.We first derive an approximate formula for the survival density.The barrier option price is the one-dimensional integral of its payoff function and the survival density,which can be easily implemented and quickly evaluated.The approximation error of the survival density is also analyzed.To the best of our knowledge,it is the first time that analytical(approximate)formulas for the survival density and the barrier option prices for the SABR model are derived.Numerical experiments demonstrate the validity and efficiency of these formulas.展开更多
文摘In this article,mathematical modeling for the evaluation of reliability is studied using two methods.One of the methods,is developed based on possibility theory.The performance of the reliability of the system is of prime concern.In view of this,the outcomes for the failure are required to evaluate with utmost care.In possibility theory,the reliability information data determined from decision-making experts are subjective.The samemethod is also related to the survival possibilities as against the survival probabilities.The other method is the one that is developed using the concept of approximation of closed interval including the piecewise quadratic fuzzy numbers.In this method,a decision-making expert is not sure of his/her estimates of the reliability parameters.Numerical experiments are performed to illustrate the efficiency of the suggested methods in this research.In the end,the paper is concluded with some future research directions to be explored for the proposed approach.
基金support of the China National Social Science Fund under Grant No.15BJL093Yanchu Liu is partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.71501196,No.71231008,No.71721001+4 种基金the China National Social Science Fund under Grant No.17ZDA073the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province of China under Grant No.2014A030312003the Innovative Research Team Project of Guangdong Province of China under Grant No.2016WCXTD001the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities under Grant No.14wkpy63research grants from Lingnan(University)College and Advanced Research Institute of Finance at Sun Yat-sen University.
文摘The stochastic alpha beta rho(SABR)model introduced by Hagan et al.(2002)is widely used in both fixed income and the foreign exchange(FX)markets.Continuously monitored barrier option contracts are among the most popular derivative contracts in the FX markets.In this paper,we develop closed-form formulas to approximate various types of barrier option prices(down-and-out/in,up-and-out/in)under the SABR model.We first derive an approximate formula for the survival density.The barrier option price is the one-dimensional integral of its payoff function and the survival density,which can be easily implemented and quickly evaluated.The approximation error of the survival density is also analyzed.To the best of our knowledge,it is the first time that analytical(approximate)formulas for the survival density and the barrier option prices for the SABR model are derived.Numerical experiments demonstrate the validity and efficiency of these formulas.
