Notes1 In order to fully appreciate the significance of the vast contribution this work is making towards providing a clear understanding of the difficult situation traversed by the Cuban nation today, a brief background discussion leading to the introduction of Donate- Armada’s theme, development and conclusions is a clear necessity. The commentary will be direct […]
Comments by Diego R. Roqué on ” “Actuarial Model of the Impact of Linking Economic Variables to a Life Survival Function” is locked Actuarial Model of the Impact of Linking Economic Variables to a Life Survival Function” by Donate-Armada
In order to fully appreciate the significance of the vast contribution this work is making towards providing a clear understanding of the difficult situation traversed by the Cuban nation today, a brief background discussion leading to the introduction of Donate-Armada’s theme, development and conclusions is a clear necessity. The commentary will be direct and to […]
Errata for Comments by Diego R. Roqué on “Actuarial Model of the Impact of Linking Economic Variables to a Life Survival Function” by Donate-Armada
ASCE Proceedings, v. 9, page 298, Washington, D.C. 1999 1) Page 300, second column, 4th paragraph currently reads: P[ T_x ] : The probability the citizen dies on or before attaining age x years. It actually should read: P[ T £ x ] : The probability the citizen dies on or before attaining age x […]
Rainfall in Little Havana
The work presented here is divided into two major parts. The first part gives an abreviated and informal discussion of the theoretical framework underpinning the methodology that is to be applied in the second part. It is based on material put together in Roqué (1996) which in turn was based on material incidentally derived in […]
Comments by Diego R. Roqué on “The Optimal Size of the Military in a Post-Castro Cuba” by Carlos Seiglie
It was professor Simon, the Nobel laureate, who once said that satisfizing is more often than not a far more attainable goal than optimizing. This was a recognition of how difficult it is to find optimal solutions of problems in the real world. This is what makes Professor Seiglie’s effort even the more remarkable and […]