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  • Like Peas in a Pod - Ideas in Cluster Analysis
    Like Peas in a Pod - Ideas in Cluster Analysis This article gives a brief overview of ... Cluster Analysis This article gives a brief overview of ways to extend clustering analysis beyond basic methods ...

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    • Authors: Michael Niemerg
    • Date: Apr 2020
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods; Predictive Analytics
  • Complexity Sciences—Simplified!
    Sciences—Simplified! The author discusses the two-part presentation on complexity science tools at the SOA Annual ... presentations went back to basics with explanations about the difference between modeling tools used to employ ...

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    • Authors: David Snell
    • Date: Jul 2011
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods
  • Actuaries: Do We Know Our Limits?
    Actuaries: Do We Know Our Limits? Given the limits of classical actuarial modeling and forecasting techniques ...

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    • Authors: David Snell
    • Date: Jan 2012
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting
  • First Annual Predictive Analytics Symposium—Big Success!
    First Annual Predictive Analytics Symposium—Big Success! The first annual SOA Predictive Analytics ... Annual Predictive Analytics Symposium—Big Success! The first annual SOA Predictive Analytics Symposium was ...

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    • Authors: David Snell
    • Date: Dec 2017
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods
  • Know your policyholders first, Model their behavior second
    second Actuaries can empower their understanding of policyholder behavior with third party data. Modeling ... should start from developing knowledge of who they are, instead of actuaries assuming what a rational behavior ...

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    • Authors: David Wang
    • Date: Aug 2020
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
    • Topics: Experience Studies & Data
  • Explainable AI
    Explainable AI Machine learning models are not black-boxes; these models can easily be ... Anchor. These tools can facilitate the understanding of the model and the business problem. We can used these ...

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    • Authors: Carlos Brioso
    • Date: Nov 2020
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods; Technology & Applications
  • Forecasting Judgment: The Netflix Prize and Collaborative Filtering
    Forecasting Judgment: The Netflix Prize and Collaborative Filtering Can the aggregate results from a ... single person’s opinion? Forecasting of this type commonly uses a set of techniques known as collaborative ...

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    • Authors: Michael Lindstrom
    • Date: Jul 2010
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting
  • Complexity Science Enters the Actuarial Classrooms
    Complexity Science Enters the Actuarial Classrooms The author discusses expectations for incoming actuarial ... solid grasp of algebra and traditional mathematical skills is not enough. In addition, the author states ...

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    • Authors: Min Deng
    • Date: Jul 2011
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession
  • Spark: the Next-generation Processing Engine for Big Data
    Spark: the Next-generation Processing Engine for Big Data Spark offers a way to get some dramatic speed ... speed and scalability advantages over the Map-reduce methodology whenever you are doing iterative data ...

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    • Authors: Dihui Lai, Qichun Xu
    • Date: Dec 2015
    • Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Data mining; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency
  • How Significant Is Statistical Significance?
    Significant Is Statistical Significance? The author discusses the p-value that is often used to determine ... and lose the ability to notice when something is mathematically sound but not sensible. The article provides ...

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    • Authors: Rosmery Cruz
    • Date: Aug 2019
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
    • Topics: Predictive Analytics