Browsing by Subject "Calibration"
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Calibration of rainfall in weather index - based micro - insurance for agriculture
(Strathmore University, 2015-11)This project presents the calibration of rainfall in weather index-based micro-insurance for agriculture in Kenya. It simply seeks to determine if rainfall alone is a significant factor in order to use it as an index that ... -
Calibration of vasicek model in a hidden markov context: the case of Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2017)This dissertation calibrates the Vasicek term-structure model to the evolution of interest rate dynamics in Kenya. This is done for both a single-state and a multi-state model using state estimated under a Hidden Markov ... -
Callibration of a multi - factor weather index to determine the trigger event of claim payments on crop micro insurance in Eastern Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2015-11)In 2014, among the seven companies that offer agricultural insurance in Kenya, only two of the companies reported a profit. The shared characteristic between these two companies is that they both used index-based insurance. ...