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Minimum Quadratic Distance Estimation for A Parametric Family of Discrete Distributions Defined Recursively
Minimum Quadratic Distance Estimation for A Parametric Family of Discrete Distributions Defined Recursively The minimum distance estimator proposed allows for the selection of the best fitting ...- Authors: José Garrido, ANDREW LUONG
- Date: Jan 1990
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Actuarial Research Clearing House
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Estimation methods; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency
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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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Risk Theory Applications To Experience Rating Group Health Insurance
Risk Theory Applications To Experience Rating Group Health Insurance Presenter offers ways in which actuaries might set credibility levels to be used by underwriters to set group health insurance ...- Authors: Charles S Fuhrer
- Date: Jun 1998
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Strategic Insight and Integration>Influence decisions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
- Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
- Topics: Actuarial Profession; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Estimation methods
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Updating the Accounts: Global Mortality of the 1918–1920 Spanish Influenza Pandemic.
Updating the Accounts: Global Mortality of the 1918–1920 Spanish Influenza Pandemic. The influenza pandemic of 1918-20 is recognized as having generally taken place in three waves, starting in ...- Authors: Niall P.A.S. Johnson, Juergen Mueller
- Date: Apr 2002
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Topics: Demography; Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Data mining; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Estimation methods
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Modeling the Cost of Medical Care for the Elderly
Modeling the Cost of Medical Care for the Elderly An excerpt from a presentation at the 2014 Living to 100 Symposium, this article describes an open-source model for use by actuaries attempting ...- Authors: Thomas Getzen
- Date: Jan 2014
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Long-term Care>Medical expenses; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Estimation methods
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The Impact of Obesity and Diabetes on LTC Disability and Mortality: Population Estimates from the National Long-Term Care Survey
The Impact of Obesity and Diabetes on LTC Disability and Mortality: Population Estimates from the National Long-Term Care Survey Discussion of the separate and joint effects of obesity and ...- Authors: P J Stallard
- Date: Sep 2011
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
- Publication Name: Long-Term Care News
- Topics: Experience Studies & Data>Disability; Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Health & Disability>Chronic health management - Health & Disability; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Data mining; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Estimation methods
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What Do You Mean, “Best” Estimate?
What Do You Mean, “Best” Estimate? A discussion of alternative meanings to “Best” in best estimate. When one is trying to estimate a result that is normally distributed, the mean, median and mode ...- Authors: Darin Zimmerman
- Date: Sep 2005
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
- Topics: Finance & Investments>Risk measurement - Finance & Investments; Financial Reporting & Accounting; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Estimation methods
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An Introduction To Risk Measures For Actuarial Applications
An Introduction To Risk Measures For Actuarial Applications This study note focuses on actuarial applications and loss distributions for insurance products. Conditional Tail Expectation=CTE;Monte ...- Authors: Mary Hardy
- Date: Jul 2006
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context
- Topics: Finance & Investments>Value at risk - Finance & Investments; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Asset modeling; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Conditional Tail Expectation; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Estimation methods
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Integrating Claims-Based and Survey-Based Data to Estimate Program Savings
Integrating Claims-Based and Survey-Based Data to Estimate Program Savings An approach to quantify medical intervention savings when medical claims data is not available by leveraging overlapping ...- Authors: Andrew Mackenzie, Ian G Duncan
- Date: Oct 2017
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health care quality; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Estimation methods; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Regression analysis
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Health Care (Pricing) Reform
Health Care (Pricing) Reform This article discusses the use of parametric distributions to model health care cost. ;; Model validation; Modeling efficiency; Sensitivity testing; Complexity ...- Authors: Syed Mehmud
- Date: May 2012
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Estimation methods; Predictive Analytics