Optimal dividend bands revisited: a gradient-based method and evolutionary algorithms. (English) Zbl 1521.91307
Summary: We reconsider the study of optimal dividend strategies in the Cramér-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.
MSC:
| 91G05 | Actuarial mathematics |
| 93E20 | Optimal stochastic control |
| 68W50 | Evolutionary algorithms, genetic algorithms (computational aspects) |
Keywords:
optimal dividend strategies; stochastic control; genetic algorithms; Cramér-Lundberg risk modelReferences:
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