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Using Hadoop and Spark for Distributed Predictive Modeling
Using Hadoop and Spark for Distributed Predictive Modeling The newer predictive modeling tools are powerful but they work best when supported by a lot of computing power. Parallel processing is ...- 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
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Predictive Modeling Series Data Clustering and its Application in INsurance
Predictive Modeling Series Data Clustering and its Application in INsurance Richard Xu and Dihui Lai continue this lesson with “Data Clustering and its Application in Insurance,” where they teach ...- Authors: Dihui Lai
- Date: Dec 2014
- Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
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Appendix B: How to Build a Model
Appendix B: How to Build a Model This actually is a copy of an appendix of a research paper sponsored by the SOA Committee on Finance Research. You can read the entire research paper: “Lapse ...- Authors: Dihui Lai, Scott Rushing, Minyu Cao, Timothy Rozar, Qichun Xu
- Date: Jul 2015
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
- Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
- Topics: Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics
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UseTree-based Algorithm for Predictive Modeling in Insurance
UseTree-based Algorithm for Predictive Modeling in Insurance In this article, we will overview some popular tree-based models and understand how such models may be applied to the insurance ...- Authors: Dihui Lai, Bingfeng Lu
- Date: Dec 2016
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
- Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
- Topics: Predictive Analytics
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Big Data In Life Insurance—Does It Exist? If So, How Should We Handle It?
Big Data In Life Insurance—Does It Exist? If So, How Should We Handle It? Unstructured data is often synonymous with Big Data; and the term is used and misused a lot. Richard Xu and his ...- Authors: Gang Richard Xu, Dihui Lai
- Date: Jul 2014
- Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
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Understanding Autoregressive Model for Time Series
Understanding Autoregressive Model for Time Series In this article, we are going to discuss the AR model by making connections to time-dependent ordinary differential equations. Time series; ...- Authors: Dihui Lai, Bingfeng Lu
- Date: Jun 2017
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
- Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Deterministic models; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting; 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