In this paper we use Importance Sampling to estimate tail probabilities for a finite sum of lognormal distributions. We use a defensive mixture, and develop a method of choosing the parameters via the EM algorithm; we also consider the technique which assumes the importance sampling density to belong to the same parametric family of the random variables to be summed. In both cases, the instrumental density is found by minimizing Cross-Entropy. A comparison based on several simulation experiments shows that the defensive mixture has the best performance. Finally, we study the Poisson-lognormal compound distribution framework and present a real-data application.

Importance Sampling for Sums of Lognormal Distributions with Applications to Operational Risk / Bee, Marco. - In: COMMUNICATIONS IN STATISTICS. SIMULATION AND COMPUTATION. - ISSN 0361-0918. - STAMPA. - 38:38.5(2009), pp. 939-960. [10.1080/03610910802702510]

Importance Sampling for Sums of Lognormal Distributions with Applications to Operational Risk

Bee, Marco
2009-01-01

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In this paper we use Importance Sampling to estimate tail probabilities for a finite sum of lognormal distributions. We use a defensive mixture, and develop a method of choosing the parameters via the EM algorithm; we also consider the technique which assumes the importance sampling density to belong to the same parametric family of the random variables to be summed. In both cases, the instrumental density is found by minimizing Cross-Entropy. A comparison based on several simulation experiments shows that the defensive mixture has the best performance. Finally, we study the Poisson-lognormal compound distribution framework and present a real-data application.
2009
38.5
Bee, Marco
Importance Sampling for Sums of Lognormal Distributions with Applications to Operational Risk / Bee, Marco. - In: COMMUNICATIONS IN STATISTICS. SIMULATION AND COMPUTATION. - ISSN 0361-0918. - STAMPA. - 38:38.5(2009), pp. 939-960. [10.1080/03610910802702510]
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