2 papers
stat.OT2026
A Tale of Two Pathways to Gompertz Mortality: Reliability and Vitality from an Actuarial Perspective
Guoqian Li, Kenneth Q. Zhou, Xiaobai Zhu
This paper studies two mechanistic explanations for human mortality by examining reliability theory and vitality modelling through a unified actuarial perspective. While the two ap…
stat.AP2024
A new paradigm of mortality modeling via individual vitality dynamics
Xiaobai Zhu, Kenneth Q. Zhou, Zijia Wang
The significance of mortality modeling extends across multiple research areas, ranging from life insurance valuation to optimal lifetime decision-making. Existing approaches, such…