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Living with Actuarial Black Swans—A Discussion with Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Taleb At the 2009 SOA Annual Meeting in Boston, Nassim Nicholas Taleb shared some thoughts on Black Swans ... Swans, operating in the fourth quadrant, and living in the world of Extremistan versus Mediocristan during ...- Authors: Benjamin Steward Wadsley
- Date: Jul 2010
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting
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Are Genetic Algorithms Even Applicable to Actuaries?
Algorithms Even Applicable to Actuaries? The author discusses the use of genetic algorithms as they apply to ... to actuaries, specifically the application of characteristics and their potential to solve life insurance ...- Authors: Benjamin Steward Wadsley
- Date: Jul 2011
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
- Topics: Finance & Investments>Asset liability management; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting
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F&F 2 nd Annual iPad 2 Forecasting Competition
Provides details of the 2nd forecasting competition for the best model that predicts the Civilian Unemployment ... Unemployment Rate 'UNRATE', measured on a monthly basis, from March-end 2012 through September-end ...- Authors: Benjamin Steward Wadsley
- Date: Jan 2012
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
- Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting
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Moving the Ball Forward
Moving the Ball Forward The chairperson of the section council issues call to members asking them to ... particular, with the emergence of complexity science and other underutilized tools, there is plenty of room for ...- Authors: Benjamin Steward Wadsley
- Date: Jul 2011
- Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
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Volunteerism is Rewarding!
FUTURISM | 5 Ben Wadsley A s the council year ends, so does my tenure as the Forecasting and Futurism Section ... Section chairperson. The Society of Actuaries (SOA) annual meeting is behind us now, and the great sessions ...- Authors: Benjamin Steward Wadsley
- Date: Jan 2012
- Competency: Leadership>Professional network leverage
- Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Professional associations