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  • Time Series Analysis and Forecasting
    important models but also because they are series of direct concern to actuaries. Figure 4 displays the series ... for correlation among the observa- tions. The primary purpose of fitting models to time series data is ...

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    • Authors: James C Hickman, Robert B Miller, Frank Reynolds, Richard W Ziock
    • Date: Oct 1973
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Regression analysis
  • Bayesian Bivariate Graduation and Forecasting
    interpretation. Kimeldorf and Jones (1967), using a direct Bayesian argument, proposed using nonsingular ... two-directional smoothing technique based on a direct extension of Whittaker's objective function, ...

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    • Authors: James C Hickman, Robert B Miller
    • Date: Mar 1979
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations
    • Publication Name: Actuarial Research Clearing House
    • Topics: Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Bayesian methods; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting
  • A Linear Programming Approach to Graduation
    A Linear Programming Approach to Graduation In this paper two theorems concerning the optimality ... deviations and the zth differences be small. A direct and obvious measure is the unsigned magnitude ...

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    • Authors: James C Hickman, Stuart Klugman, Robert B Miller, Donald R Schuette, Harwood Rosser, Thomas N E Greville
    • Date: Oct 1978
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods