Gordon E. Willmot

6.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
132 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Gordon E. Willmot is a scholar working on Management Science and Operations Research, Statistics and Probability and Demography. According to data from OpenAlex, Gordon E. Willmot has authored 132 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 107 papers in Management Science and Operations Research, 80 papers in Statistics and Probability and 57 papers in Demography. Recurrent topics in Gordon E. Willmot's work include Probability and Risk Models (105 papers), Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications (72 papers) and Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management (57 papers). Gordon E. Willmot is often cited by papers focused on Probability and Risk Models (105 papers), Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications (72 papers) and Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management (57 papers). Gordon E. Willmot collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. Gordon E. Willmot's co-authors include Harry H. Panjer, X. Sheldon Lin, Stuart A. Klugman, James D. Broffitt, Steve Drekic, Jae‐Kyung Woo, David Landriault, Jun Cai, David Dickson and Patrick L. Brockett and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Statistical Association, Biometrika and Journal of Econometrics.

In The Last Decade

Gordon E. Willmot

126 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

Loss Models: From Data to Decisions 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 250 500 750
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Loss Models: From Data to Decisions
    1999 839 citations Stuart A. Klugman, Harry H. Panjer et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gordon E. Willmot Canada 33 3.1k 2.0k 1.8k 1.3k 982 132 4.3k
Michel Denuit Belgium 39 3.6k 1.2× 1.5k 0.7× 3.5k 1.9× 1.7k 1.3× 2.6k 2.7× 274 6.9k
Hans U. Gerber Switzerland 46 5.0k 1.6× 1.5k 0.8× 3.8k 2.1× 3.3k 2.5× 2.3k 2.3× 141 7.1k
Harry H. Panjer Canada 18 1.7k 0.5× 966 0.5× 902 0.5× 1.0k 0.7× 947 1.0× 46 2.9k
Jozef L. Teugels Belgium 22 1.1k 0.4× 850 0.4× 532 0.3× 1.4k 1.0× 689 0.7× 54 3.1k
Jens Perch Nielsen United Kingdom 30 900 0.3× 1.5k 0.7× 826 0.5× 758 0.6× 1.0k 1.0× 152 3.3k
Mario V. Wüthrich Switzerland 31 1.8k 0.6× 692 0.3× 1.5k 0.8× 870 0.6× 1.4k 1.4× 210 3.2k
Alfred Müller Germany 26 1.5k 0.5× 960 0.5× 302 0.2× 941 0.7× 689 0.7× 69 3.2k
Hansjörg Albrecher Switzerland 31 2.3k 0.7× 685 0.3× 1.5k 0.9× 1.5k 1.1× 809 0.8× 140 3.0k
Freddy Delbaen Switzerland 36 5.3k 1.7× 985 0.5× 1.5k 0.8× 6.8k 5.1× 4.3k 4.4× 91 10.1k
Elias S. W. Shiu United States 27 2.1k 0.7× 633 0.3× 1.7k 0.9× 1.5k 1.1× 823 0.8× 82 2.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Klugman, Stuart A., Harry H. Panjer, & Gordon E. Willmot. (2019). Student Solutions Manual to Accompany Loss Models: From Data to Decisions. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research).
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Landriault, David, et al.. (2017). A note on the convexity of ruin probabilities. Insurance Mathematics and Economics. 74. 1–6.
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Landriault, David, Gordon E. Willmot, & Di Xu. (2016). Analysis of IBNR claims in renewal insurance models. Scandinavian Actuarial Journal. 2017(7). 628–650. 4 indexed citations
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Klugman, Stuart A., Harry H. Panjer, & Gordon E. Willmot. (2013). Loss Models : From Data to Decisions Ed. 4. John Wiley & Sons eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Klugman, Stuart A., Harry H. Panjer, & Gordon E. Willmot. (2013). Loss Models. Wiley series in probability and statistics. 97 indexed citations
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Willmot, Gordon E.. (2011). On recursive evaluation of mixed poisson probabilities and related quantities. Scandinavian Actuarial Journal. 1993(2). 114–133. 17 indexed citations
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Willmot, Gordon E. & Xiaodong Lin. (2010). Risk modelling with the mixed Erlang distribution. Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry. 27(1). 2–16. 41 indexed citations
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Cai, Jun, Runhuan Feng, & Gordon E. Willmot. (2009). On the expectation of total discounted operating costs up to default and its applications. Advances in Applied Probability. 41(2). 495–522. 49 indexed citations
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Cai, Jun, Runhuan Feng, & Gordon E. Willmot. (2009). On the expectation of total discounted operating costs up to default and its applications. Advances in Applied Probability. 41(2). 495–522. 4 indexed citations
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Willmot, Gordon E. & Steve Drekic. (2009). Time-Dependent Analysis of Some Infinite Server Queues with Bulk Poisson Arrivals. INFOR Information Systems and Operational Research. 47(4). 297–303. 5 indexed citations
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Willmot, Gordon E. & Jae‐Kyung Woo. (2007). On the Class of Erlang Mixtures with Risk Theoretic Applications. North American Actuarial Journal. 11(2). 99–115. 72 indexed citations
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Willmot, Gordon E.. (2002). On higher-order properties of compound geometric distributions. Journal of Applied Probability. 39(2). 324–340. 4 indexed citations
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Willmot, Gordon E., Jun Cai, & X. Sheldon Lin. (2001). Lundberg inequalities for renewal equations. Advances in Applied Probability. 33(3). 674–689. 24 indexed citations
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Willmot, Gordon E. & X. Sheldon Lin. (1998). Exact and approximate properties of the distribution of surplus before and after ruin. Insurance Mathematics and Economics. 23(1). 91–110. 29 indexed citations
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Willmot, Gordon E.. (1997). Statistical Independence and Fractional Age Assumptions. North American Actuarial Journal. 1(1). 84–90. 13 indexed citations
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Willmot, Gordon E. & X. Sheldon Lin. (1997). Simplified bounds on the tails of compound distributions. Journal of Applied Probability. 34(1). 127–133. 18 indexed citations
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Willmot, Gordon E.. (1997). On the relationship between bounds on the tails of compound distributions. Insurance Mathematics and Economics. 19(2). 95–103. 11 indexed citations
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Willmot, Gordon E. & X. Sheldon Lin. (1997). Simplified bounds on the tails of compound distributions. Journal of Applied Probability. 34(1). 127–133. 15 indexed citations
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Willmot, Gordon E.. (1990). A QUEUEING THEORETIC APPROACH TO THE ANALYSIS OF THE CLAIMS PAYMENT PROCESS. 12 indexed citations
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Panjer, Harry H. & Gordon E. Willmot. (1981). Finite Sum Evaluation of the Negative Binomial-Exponential Model. Astin Bulletin. 12(2). 133–137. 23 indexed citations

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