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  • Table It in Microsoft Excel
    Table It in Microsoft Excel Microsoft Excel Tables are excellent for manipulating data. This article ... convince you of the advantages of referring to table data by column name. Instead of referring to data ...
    • Authors: Paul Margus
    • Date: Oct 2012
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Technology & Applications>Computer science; Technology & Applications>Software
  • International Experience Study Update
    International Experience Study Update The SOA has developed a new “tool” using Microsoft ... actuaries to conduct mortality and persistency studies in conjunction with the SOA’s international experience ...

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    • Authors: William R Horbatt
    • Date: Mar 2006
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Product Matters!
    • Topics: Experience Studies & Data; Technology & Applications>Software
  • GPUs: How We Went From Zombie Blood Splatter To Financial Projections
    benchmarks of insurance projections using Oliver Wyman’s ATLAS software platform. What Is A GPU? A GPU is effectively ... CPU cores. In order to utilize the GPU your program(s) must be (re)written to do so. Interaction Between ...
    • Authors: Chris Stiefeling
    • Date: Oct 2013
    • Competency: Leadership>Thought leadership; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Annuities>Variable annuities; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models; Technology & Applications>Computer science; Technology & Applications>Software
  • Letter From The Editors
    Tables can effectively manage data in his article “Table it in Microsoft Excel” and even shares his example ... Don’t miss Steve Craighead’s article about how to create a Ring of Fire using R’s spatial modeling package ...
    • Authors: Andrew Chan, Richard Junker
    • Date: Oct 2012
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Technology & Applications>Computer science; Technology & Applications>Software
  • Excel as an IT System
    “There’s poor version control in a spreadsheet—lots of different versions are floating around.” “It’s easy ... “There’s poor version control in software—lots of different versions are floating around.” “It’s easy to ...
    • Authors: Tim Heng
    • Date: Oct 2012
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Enterprise Risk Management>Operational risks; Enterprise Risk Management>Systematic risk; Technology & Applications>Software
  • Common Software Design Issues
    Common Software Design Issues Discusses some of the more common software-design issues ... the software-development team and the software's adaptability to competitive market and statutory requirements ...

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    • Authors: Andrew Chan
    • Date: Jan 2010
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Technology & Applications>Software
  • Spreadsheet Issues: Pitfalls, Best Practices, and Practical Tips
    Spreadsheet Issues: ... got a call from Denver, complaining that my annuity payment calculator spreadsheet wasn’t working any ... PowerPoint or Word if you just want to show a table of results, or a graph.

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    • Authors: Mary Campbell
    • Date: Feb 2010
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Actuarial Practice Forum
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Technology & Applications>Software
  • Abstractions & Working Effectively Alongside Artificial Intelligence
    language (a language whose syntax consists of 0’s and 1’s). In software development, one can identify ... the formula for a European call on an underlying S with strike K in the generalized Black-Scholes5 ...

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    • Authors: Dodzi Attimu, Bryon Robidoux
    • Date: Dec 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: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Technology & Applications>Computer science; Technology & Applications>Software
  • Introduction to Distributed Computing
    Additionally, it is important to minimize I N P U T D A T A O U T P U T D A T A Map ( ) Map ( ) Map ( ) ... Stage 16 (Attempt 0) Total Time Across All Tasks: 0.1 s Input Size / Records: 1088.0 B / 4 Shuffle Read: 3 ...

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    • Authors: Jason Altieri
    • Date: Apr 2018
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency; Technology & Applications>Computer science; Technology & Applications>Software
  • Tracking the Flow of Money in a Life Insurance Policy to Compute Cost Basis and Distributions
    components of a life insurance policy, as shown in Table 1. Section 72(e) Category Description Possible ... of the investment in the contract Specific type(s) of riders, benefits, or features Outside the Contract ...

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    • Authors: Scott Koehler
    • Date: Oct 2017
    • Competency: Communication>Written communication; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Taxing Times
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Public Policy; Technology & Applications>Software
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