Optimal dividend bands revisited: a gradient-based method and evolutionary algorithms

DOI10.1080/03461238.2022.2147862zbMATH Open1521.91307arXiv2207.01329OpenAlexW4310273052MaRDI QIDQ6096076FDOQ6096076

Authors: Hansjörg Albrecher 

Publication date: 11 September 2023

Published in: Scandinavian Actuarial Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We reconsider the study of optimal dividend strategies in the Cram'er-Lundberg risk model. It is well-known that the solution of the classical dividend problem is in general a band strategy. However, the numerical techniques for the identification of the optimal bands available in the literature are very hard to implement and explicit numerical results are known for very few cases only. In this paper we put a gradient-based method into place which allows to determine optimal bands in more general situations. In addition, we adapt an evolutionary algorithm to this dividend problem, which is not as fast, but applicable in considerable generality, and can serve for providing a competitive benchmark. We illustrate the proposed methods in concrete examples, reproducing earlier results in the literature as well as establishing new ones for claim size distributions that could not be studied before.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.01329

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zbMATH Keywords

genetic algorithmsstochastic controlCramér-Lundberg risk modeloptimal dividend strategies

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Actuarial mathematics (91G05) Evolutionary algorithms, genetic algorithms (computational aspects) (68W50) Optimal stochastic control (93E20)

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