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Calibrating Risk Score Model with Partial Credibility
Calibrating Risk Score Model with Partial Credibility This article describes a method that can be useful when re-fitting a risk score model to a population of only moderate size. Learn how to use ...- Authors: Sheamus Parkes, Bradley Armstrong
- Date: Jul 2015
- 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: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
- Topics: Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Bayesian methods; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Data mining; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Estimation methods; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Regression analysis; Predictive Analytics
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Johns Hopkins Data Science Specialization courses: A review
Johns Hopkins Data Science Specialization courses: A review A review of the Johns Hopkins Data Science Specialization courses with special emphasis on how they may be useful to actuaries.- Authors: Sheamus Parkes
- Date: Dec 2015
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Regression analysis; Predictive Analytics; Technology & Applications>Computer science
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Creating a Useful Training Dataset for Predictive Modeling
Creating a Useful Training Dataset for Predictive Modeling Even the best algorithms are only effective if they are trained on appropriate data. This article discusses common pitfalls in creating ...- Authors: Anders Larson
- Date: Dec 2016
- Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting; Predictive Analytics; Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics
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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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Like Peas in a Pod - Ideas in Cluster Analysis
Like Peas in a Pod - Ideas in Cluster Analysis This article gives a brief overview of ways to extend clustering analysis beyond basic methods such a k-means 4/22/2020 12:00:00 AM ...- Authors: Michael Niemerg
- Date: Apr 2020
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods; Predictive Analytics
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How to Get Started in Predictive Analytics
How to Get Started in Predictive Analytics Looks at free and inexpensive resources for the novice in predictive analytics, covering the data analysis theory as well as the most commonly used ...- Authors: Mary Campbell
- Date: Dec 2015
- 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: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Data mining; Predictive Analytics
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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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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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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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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