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What Big Data is, and How to Deal with It
What Big Data is, and How to Deal with It This article describes the history and in some respects, the future of Big Data, and the tools we can use to handle it for PM and for machine learning.- 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
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The Ethical Actuary—a Tautology: Never let it Become an Oxymoron!
The Ethical Actuary—a Tautology: Never let it Become an Oxymoron! Actuaries are Known as highly ethical. Data Science poses ethical challenges for our profession. By Dave Snell Predictive ...- Authors: David Snell
- Date: Aug 2021
- Competency: Communication; Professional Values
- Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
- Topics: Actuarial Profession; Modeling & Statistical Methods
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Actuarial Statistics with R: Book Review
Actuarial Statistics with R: Book Review Reviewing a text covering multiple statistical modeling topics: e.g., generalized linear models, decision trees, clustering, using the statistical language ...- Authors: Mary Campbell
- Date: Dec 2018
- 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>Regression analysis; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Simulation; Predictive Analytics
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The Perfect Swarm: The Science of Complexity in Everyday Life by Len Fisher
The Perfect Swarm: The Science of Complexity in Everyday Life by Len Fisher The author reviews the book, The Perfect Swarm: The Science of Complexity in Everyday Life, by Len Fisher. He provides ...- Authors: Scott McInturff
- Date: Jul 2011
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting
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Should Actuaries Get Another Job?
Should Actuaries Get Another Job? This is an article that discusses Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s work and its significance for actuaries. 9328 9/1/2009 12:00:00 AM ...- Authors: Alan Mills
- Date: Sep 2009
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
- Topics: Actuarial Profession; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting
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How credible is a predictive model?
How credible is a predictive model? The article recaps existing ideas for assessing credibility and describes questions remaining to be answered. predictive modeling;credibility ...- Authors: Eileen Burns
- Date: Aug 2018
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context
- Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Credibility theory; Predictive Analytics
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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 and scalability advantages over the Map-reduce methodology whenever you are doing iterative ...- 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
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Five Myths and Facts about Artificial Intelligence
Five Myths and Facts about Artificial Intelligence A discussion on the myths of artificial intelligence. computer science;futurism 6442473939 12/1/2016 12:00:00 AM ...- Authors: Anand Rao
- Date: Dec 2016
- Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting
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Forecasting Judgment: The Netflix Prize and Collaborative Filtering
Forecasting Judgment: The Netflix Prize and Collaborative Filtering Can the aggregate results from a group be used to forecast something as subjective and judgmental as one single person’s ...- Authors: Michael Lindstrom
- 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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Best Methods and Practices in Judgmental Forecasting
Best Methods and Practices in Judgmental Forecasting Given the ubiquity of judgmental forecasting, it is important to understand the potential biases inherent in human judgment—the traps that can ...- Authors: Alan Mills
- Date: Jul 2010
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting