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Department of Mathematics at Illinois State University

Publications

Books

Ewa Kubicka & Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2009,  Study Manual for the Society of Actuaries Course MLC Examination, April 2009 Edition for Fall 2009 examination,  New England Actuarial Seminars Ewa Kubicka and Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2005,  Study Manual for the Society of Actuaries Course M Examination,  New England Actuarial Seminars Ewa Kubicka and Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2006,  Study Manual for the Society of Actuaries Course MLC Examination ,  New England Actuarial Seminars Ewa Kubicka and Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2007,  Study Manual for the Society of Actuaries Course MLC Examination,  New England Actuarial Seminars Ewa Kubicka and Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2008,  Study Manual for the Society of Actuaries Course MLC Examination, Fall 2008 Edition ,  New England Actuarial Seminars Ewa Kubicka and Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2008,  Study Manual for the Society of Actuaries Course MLC Examination, Fall 2008 Edition for Spring 2009 examination,  New England Actuarial Seminars Ewa Kubicka and Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2008,  Study Manual for the Society of Actuaries Course MLC Examination, Spring 2008 Edition,  New England Actuarial Seminars Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2004,  ASM Study Manual for the Society of Actuaries Course P Examination,  Actuarial Study Materials Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2009,  ASM Study Manual for the Society of Actuaries Course P Examination, 12th Edition ,  Actuarial Study Materials Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2008,  ASM Study Manual for the Society of Actuaries Course P Examination, Eighth Edition,  Actuarial Study Materials Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2009,  ASM Study Manual for the Society of Actuaries Course P Examination, Eleventh Edition ,  Actuarial Study Materials Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2006,  ASM Study Manual for the Society of Actuaries Course P Examination, Fifth Edition ,  Actuarial Study Materials Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2006,  ASM Study Manual for the Society of Actuaries Course P Examination, Fourth Edition ,  Actuarial Study Materials Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2008,  ASM Study Manual for the Society of Actuaries Course P Examination, Ninth Edition ,  Actuarial Study Materials Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2005,  ASM Study Manual for the Society of Actuaries Course P Examination, Second Edition,  Actuarial Study Materials Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2007,  ASM Study Manual for the Society of Actuaries Course P Examination, Seventh Edition ,  Actuarial Study Materials Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2006,  ASM Study Manual for the Society of Actuaries Course P Examination, Sixth Edition ,  Actuarial Study Materials Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2008,  ASM Study Manual for the Society of Actuaries Course P Examination, Tenth Edition ,  Actuarial Study Materials Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2005,  ASM Study Manual for the Society of Actuaries Course P Examination, Third Edition ,  Actuarial Study Materials Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2009,  ASM Study Manual Supplement for the Society of Actuaries Course P Examination, Three Additional Practice Examinations, Set 1,  Actuarial Study Materials Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2009,  ASM Study Manual Supplement for the Society of Actuaries Course P Examination, Three Additional Practice Examinations, Set 2,  Actuarial Study Materials Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2007,  Solutions Manual for Bowers et al. Actuarial Mathematics,  Actex Publications Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2005,  Study Manual for the Society of Actuaries Course FM Examination,  New England Actuarial Seminars Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2006,  Study Manual for the Society of Actuaries Course FM Examination ,  New England Actuarial Seminars Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2007,  Study Manual for the Society of Actuaries Course FM Examination,  New England Actuarial Seminars Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2009,  Study Manual for the Society of Actuaries Course FM Examination, 2010 Edition,  New England Actuarial Seminars Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2009,  Study Manual for the Society of Actuaries Course FM Examination, April 2009 Edition for Fall 2009 examination,  New England Actuarial Seminars Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2008,  Study Manual for the Society of Actuaries Course FM Examination, Fall 2008 Edition ,  New England Actuarial Seminars Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2008,  Study Manual for the Society of Actuaries Course FM Examination, Fall 2008 Edition for Spring 2009 examination,  New England Actuarial Seminars Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2008,  Study Manual for the Society of Actuaries Course FM Examination, Spring 2008 Edition,  New England Actuarial Seminars Krzysztof Ostaszewski & Ewa Kubicka,  2009,  Study Manual for the Society of Actuaries Course MLC Examination, 2010 Edition,  New England Actuarial Seminars Leslaw Gajek and Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2004,  Financial Risk Management for Pension Plans,  Elsevier Michael Gauger and Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2005,  Solutions Manual for "Actuarial Mathematics" by Bowers et al.,  Actex Publications Olcay Akman,  2005,  Continuous Random Variables,  W.H. Freeman

Articles

A. Czumaj, M. Grigni, P. Sissokho, and H. Zhao,  2004,  Approximation Schemes for Minimum 2-Edge-Connected and Biconnected Subgraphs in Planar Graphs ,  Proc. on the SIAM 15th Conference On Discrete Algorithms A. Czumaj, M. Grigni, P. Sissokho, H. Zhao,  2004,  Approximation Schemes for Minimum 2-Edge-Connected and Biconnected Subgraphs in Planar Graphs,  Proc. on the SIAM 15th Conference On Discrete Algorithms Askar Choudhury, Jinadasa Gamage, James Jones, and Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2008,  Structural Change In The CPCU Curriculum And Its Effect On The Completion Time,  Academy of Educational Leadership Journal Babu Nahata, Krzysztof Ostaszewski and P.K. Sahoo,  2006,  Rising Health Care Expenditures: The Demand Side Analysis,  The ICFAI Journal of Risk and Insurance Babu Nahata, Krzysztof Ostaszewski and Prasanna Sahoo,  2005,  Rising Health Care Expenditures: A Demand-Side Analysis,  Journal of Insurance Issues Cady, J.A., Meier, S.L. & Lubinski, C.A.,  2006,  Developing Mathematics Teachers: The Transition from Preservice to Experienced Teacher,  Journal of Educational Research Dong-Yun Kim, M. Woodroofe, Y. Wu,  2004,  Testing for a Change in the Hazard Rate with Staggered Entry,  Communications in Statistics, Theory and Methods F. Akman, L. Ionescu, and P. Sissokho,  9999,  On deformation of associative algebras and graph homology,  Journal of Algebra Fusun Akman,  2007,  A survey of Huebschmann and Stasheffs paper,  IJPAM Fusun Akman,  2005,  Chicken or egg? A hierarchy of homotopy algebras,  Homology, Homotopy, and Applications Fusun Akman,  2007,  Graph invariants of finite groups via a theorem of Lagarias,  JP Journal of Algebra, Number Theory, and Applications Hong Mao and Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2009,  Alternative Pricing Models of Deposit Insurance Under Capital Forbearance,  Asia Pacific Journal of Risk and Insurance Hong Mao and Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2008,  Pricing Equity-Linked Life Insurance Contracts with Minimum Interest Rate Guarantee in Partial Equilibrium Framework,  German Risk and Insurance Review Hong Mao, James M. Carson, Krzysztof M. Ostaszewski, and Luo Shoucheng,  2004,  Pricing Life Insurance: Combining Economic, Financial, and Actuarial Approaches,  Journal of Insurance Issues Hong Mao, Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2007,  Application of Game Theory to Pricing of Participating Deferred Annuity,  Journal of Insurance Issues Hong Mao, Krzysztof Ostaszewski and Youyu Zhang,  2009,  Dynamic Models for Valuation of Wrongful Death Payments,  International Journal of Global Business and Economics Hong Mao, Krzysztof Ostaszewski and Yuling Wang,  2008,  Risk Analysis of Mortality Improvement: The Case of Chinese Annuity Markets,  Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance Hong Mao, Krzysztof Ostaszewski and Yuling Wang,  2008,  The Geneva Association: Risk Analysis of Mortality Improvement – The Case of Chinese Annuity Markets,  Asia Insurance Review James Carson & Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2004,  The actuarial value of life insurance backdating,  Journal of Actuarial Practice Jed Linfield, Jinadasa Gamage and Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2007,  An Alternative Approach to Calculation of IBNR Reserve in Health Insurance,  ARCH Jed Linfield, Jinadasa Gamage and Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2007,  Using Statistical Analysis and Actuarial Judgment in the Calculation of Medical Liability,  ARCH JoAnn Cady, Sherry L. Meier, & Cheryl A. Lubinski,  2006,  The mathematical tale of two teachers: A longitudinal study relating mathematical instructional practices to level of intellectual development,  Mathematics Education Research Journal Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2005,  Actuarial research illustrated by the study of global mortality improvement,  The Record of the Society of Actuaries Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2004,  Is Life Insurance a Human Capital Derivatives Business?,  The ICFAI Journal of Risk and Insurance Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2004,  Personal finance column (in Polish),  Polski Poradnik "Sukces" Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2004,  Personal finance column (in Polish),  Polski Poradnik "Sukces" Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2004,  Personal Finance Column (in Polish),  Polski Poradnik "Sukces" Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2004,  Personal Finance Column (in Polish),  Polski Poradnik "Sukces" Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2004,  Personal Finance Column (in Polish),  Polski Poradnik "Sukces" Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2004,  Personal Finance Column (in Polish),  Polski Poradnik "Sukces" Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2004,  Personal finance column (in Polish),  Polski Poradnik "Sukces" Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2005,  Personal finance column (in Polish),  Polski Poradnik "Sukces" Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2005,  Personal finance column (in Polish),  Polski Poradnik "Sukces" Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2005,  Personal finance column (in Polish) ,  Polski Poradnik "Sukces" Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2007,  Social Security and My G-g-generation,  The Actuary Magazine Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2005,  The Best Job in America: an Actuary,  Math Kangaroo Online Newsletter Leslaw Gajek, Krzysztof Ostaszewski, and Hans-Joachim Zwiesler,  2005,  A Primer on Duration, Convexity, and Immunization,  Journal of Actuarial Practice M. Plantholt & S. Tipnis,  2004,  Improved result on well-spread halving of even multigraphs,  Congressus Numerantium McCrone, S. M. S. and Martin, T. S.,  2004,  Assessing high school students’ understanding of geometric proof,  Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education Meier, S.L. & Rich, B.S.,  2005,  The Effect of Mathematics Instruction in an Integrated Curriculum: Achievement of Seventh Grade IMaST Students,  The Mathematics Educator Meier, S.L., Rich, B.S. & Cady, J.A. ,  2006,  Teachers Use of Rubrics to Score Non-traditional Tasks: Factors Related to Discrepancies in Scoring,  Assessment in Education: Policy and Practices Michael Plantholt,  2004,  The Overfull Conjecture For Graphs With High Minimum Degree,  Journal of Graph Theory Olcay Akman,  2006,  Estimation of Reliability Using Maximum Likelihood Predictive Density for the Length-Biased Inverse Gaussian Distribution,  Journal of Statistical Theory and Applications Olcay Akman,  2005,  Iterative Mixture Estimation for Models with Length-Biased Component,  Advances and Applications in Statistics Olcay Akman, Jinadasa Gamage, Jason Jannot, Steven Juliano, Andrew Thurman, Douglas Whitman,  2007,  A Simple Test for Detection of Length-Biased Sampling,  JP Journal of Biostatistics Olcay Akman, Kareem Carr, Eric Kopefler,  2008,  Kohonen Network Modeling of Tidal Stage Impact on Spatial Variability of Estuarine Water Quality in North Inlet-South Carolina,  Far East Journal of Ocean Research Olcay Akman, Sevtap Kestel,  2006,  Length-biased Inverse Gaussian Hazard Rate Estimation: A Predictive Density Approach,  Advances and Applications in Statistics Richard MacMinn, Krzysztof Ostaszewski, Ranee Thiagarajah and Jan Frederik Weber,  2005,  Mortality Improvement Select Birth Cohorts and Their Effect on Pricing of Survival Bonds,  Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance S. El Zanati, M. Plantholt, P. Sissokho, and L. Spence,  2007,  On the existence of a Rainbow 1-factor in a properly colored $K_{rn}^{(r)}$ ,  Journal of Combinatorial Designs Stanislaw Kluza and Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2004,  "Skad Nagle Ten Wzrost?" (in Polish, translates as: "Why This Sudden Economic Growth?",  Gazeta Bankowa Stanislaw Kluza and Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2007,  Interview with Robert Lucas, Jr.,  Rzeczpospolita Stanislaw Kluza and Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2006,  Polish Pension Reform: 2005, Ten Years Later,  International Center for Pension Reform (online publication) Thavaneswaran, A., Thiagarajah, K. and Appadoo, S.S.,  2007,  Fuzzy Coefficient Volatility (FCV) Models with Applications,  Mathematical and Computer Modelling Thiagarajah, K.,  2007,  Kurtosis of Fuzzy Coefficient GARCH Models,  Advances in Fuzzy Sets and Systems Thiagarajah, K. ,  2006,  Likelihood Based Interval Estimations for the Logistic Model with Censored Data,  Journal of Statistical Theory and Applications Thiagarajah, K. and Thavaneswaran, A.,  2006,  Fuzzy Random Coefficient Models with Financial Applications,  Journal of Risk Finance Thiagarajah, K., Appadoo, S.S. and Thavaneswaran, A,  2007,  Option Valuation Model with Adaptive Fuzzy Numbers,  Computers and Mathematics with Applications Y. Kohayakawa, V. Rodl, and P. Sissokho,  2004,  Embedding graphs with bounded degree in sparse pseudorandom graphs ,  Israel Journal of Mathematics Y. Kohayakawa, V. Rodl, M. Schacht, P. Sissokho, and J. Skokan,  9999,  Turan problem for random graphs and expander graphs,  Journal of Combinatorial Theory (Series A) Y. Kohayakawa, V. Rodl, P. Sissokho,  2004,  Embedding graphs with bounded degree in sparse pseudorandom graphs ,  Israel Journal of Mathematics

Chapters, Pamphlets, Reports

Beverly S. Rich and Sherry Meier,  2008,  Chapter,  Freeman James Rizzo, Krzysztof Ostaszewski and Piotr Krekora,  2009,  Revisiting Pension Actuarial Science,  Jinadasa Gamage, Jed Linfield, Krzysztof Ostaszewski, and Steven Siegel,  2007,  Statistical Methods for Health Actuaries,  Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2009,  "Amerykanska Gra of Ubezpieczenia Zdrowotne" (in Polish, translates as: "American Game of Health Insurance"),  Bankier.pl Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2006,  Exercise for Fundamentals of Actuarial Practice Module 2: External Forces,  Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2009,  Modigliani, Miller, and Mortgages,  Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2008,  The Great Invisible Pension Reform in the United States,  Meier, S.L. & Rich, B.S. ,  2007,  Preparing Special Needs Teachers for Teaching Standards-Based Mathematics: Focusing the Curriculum,  National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics Richard Derrig and Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2004,  "Fuzzy Sets" chapter in the Encyclopedia of Actuarial Science,  John Wiley & Sons Richard Derrig and Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2008,  Insurance,  Sage Publications Richard MacMinn, Krzysztof Ostaszewski, Ranee Thiagarajah and Frederik Weber,  2005,  An Investigation of Select Birth Cohorts,  Society of Actuaries Richard MacMinn, Krzysztof Ostaszewski, Ranee Thiagarajah, Frederik Weber,  2006,  Mortality improvement select birth cohorts and their effect on pricing of survivor bonds,  Stanislaw Kluza and Krzysztof Ostaszewski,  2009,  Amerykanie buduja druga Japonie (in Polish, translates as: The United States is making itself into a second Japan) ,  Gazeta Wyborcza Thiagarajah, K.,  2005,  An Approximate Estimation for weibull Regression Model with Censored data,  n/a Thiagarajah, K.,  2007,  Fuzzy estimation of parameters in Statistical Models,  American Statistical Association Thiagarajah, K.,  2007,  Fuzzy Volatility Forecasts and Fuzzy Option Values,  Society of Actuaries Warfield, J & Meier, S.L.,  2006,  Whole number properties and operations,  National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Warfield, J., & Lubinski, C.,  2004,  Teachers teaching teachers,  National Council of Teachers of Mathematics