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  • Insights from a Dead Salmon
    Insights from a Dead Salmon Actuaries provide special subject ... matter expertise to question (or validate) the results of data analytics models. Other quants often cannot ...

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    • Authors: David Snell, Kevin Jones
    • Date: Dec 2016
    • Competency: Professional Values>Ethical standards; Strategic Insight and Integration>Effective decision-making
    • Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Predictive Analytics
  • Using Hadoop and Spark for Distributed Predictive Modeling
    Modeling The newer predictive modeling tools are powerful but they work best when supported by a lot of computing ... implement. Dihui and Richard take us through the maze of options with H2O, SparkNet/MLib and Mahout. Which ...

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    • Authors: Dihui Lai, Qichun Xu
    • Date: Jul 2016
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Data mining; Predictive Analytics
  • From the Editor: PAF Newsletter--The Source Library for Your Predictive Analytics Needs--For You, and by You!
    From the Editor: PAF Newsletter--The Source Library for Your Predictive Analytics Needs--For You, and ... for the December 2019 print edition of Predictive Analytics & Futurism newsletter describing the large ...

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    • Authors: David Snell
    • Date: Jan 2020
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
    • Topics: Predictive Analytics
  • An Ever-Welcom Warning Against Big Data Hype: A Review of Big Data, Big Dupe by Stephen Few
    Review of Big Data, Big Dupe by Stephen Few The author reviews a book the debunks some of the hype we ... we read about using quantity at the expense of quality. She also points out some unrealistic outcomes ...

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    • Authors: Mary Campbell
    • Date: Jan 2020
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
    • Topics: Predictive Analytics
  • Society of Actuaries Trend Topic: How Predictive Analytics Can Bolster Organizational Expertise
    Society of Actuaries Trend Topic: How Predictive Analytics Can Bolster Organizational Expertise Discussion ... Discussion about the need for, and approach to, measuring organizational expertise ton ensure the learning investment ...

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    • Authors: Stephen Fredlund
    • Date: Dec 2017
    • Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration>Effective decision-making
    • Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
    • Topics: Predictive Analytics
  • What Big Data is, and How to Deal with It
    article describes the history and in some respects, the future of Big Data, and the tools we can use to ... approach to process a dataset of any size, as there is no need to load all the data into memory. Big data ...

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    • Authors: Jeff T Heaton
    • Date: Jul 2015
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Data mining; Predictive Analytics
  • Blinded by Predictive Analytics
    Blinded by Predictive Analytics It is about using actuarial judgement to validate ... It is about using actuarial judgement to validate the predictive model. Predictive modeling;Model validation;thick ...

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    • Authors: Bryon Robidoux
    • Date: Dec 2017
    • Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration>Effective decision-making
    • Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
    • Topics: Predictive Analytics
  • Using Predictive Modeling to Risk-Adjust Primary Care Panel
    familiar with the concept of risk adjustment. Some of the most well- known uses in the health insurance ... transferring funds between commercial plans on the ACA exchanges, and adjusting capitation rates for ...

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    • Authors: Anders Larson
    • Date: Jun 2017
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Payment models; Predictive Analytics
  • Chairperson's Corner
    Chairperson's Corner Chairperson's column for the May 2019 issue of Predictive ... Chairperson's Corner Chairperson's column for the May 2019 issue of Predictive Analytics & Futurism. Predictive ...

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    • Authors: Eileen Sheila Burns
    • Date: Jun 2019
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
    • Topics: Predictive Analytics
  • Chairperson's Corner
    Chairperson's Corner Chairperson's column for the May 2019 issue of Predictive ... Chairperson's Corner Chairperson's column for the May 2019 issue of Predictive Analytics & Futurism. Predictive ...

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    • Authors: Eileen Sheila Burns
    • Date: Jun 2019
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
    • Topics: Predictive Analytics