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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 ... Finance Research. You can read the entire research paper: “Lapse Modeling for the Post-Level Period—a Practical ...- 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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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 ... speed and scalability advantages over the Map-reduce methodology whenever you are doing iterative data ...- 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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Predictive Modeling
observable in the future for the purpose of the forecast. βj are coefficients to be estimated in the model-building ... model-building process. εi is the error term, which is very important for modeling, but usually not so for ...- Authors: Qichun Xu
- Date: Jul 2013
- Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
- Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Data mining; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting
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Modelling Process
Modelling Process An introduction of predictive modeling techniques that are applicable to insurance ...- Authors: Qichun Xu
- Date: Dec 2013
- 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: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Data mining; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Regression analysis; Predictive Analytics
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How to Win an iPad2
How to Win an iPad2 The purpose of this article is to provide a refresher on regression and times series ...- Authors: Qichun Xu
- Date: Jul 2012
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context
- Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting
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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 ...- 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