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Cloud Computing For Actuaries - IaaS, PaaS, SaaS—What Do These Mean And Why Do I Care?
IaaS, PaaS, SaaS—What Do These Mean And Why Do I Care? This article defines cloud computing and informs ... approaches to this cloud migration and they have direct impact on cost, performance, service levels, and ...- Authors: Van Beach
- Date: Oct 2013
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Dynamic simulation models; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Simulation; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models; Technology & Applications>Computer science
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Letter from the Chair
Letter from the Chair My wife calls me a “pack rat” because I keep a few items from my childhood, ... “What Does President Gore Have in Store for Health Care?” and “Getting up to Virtual Speed on the Internet ...
- Authors: Steven Finn
- Date: Apr 2013
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Technology & Applications>Computer science
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Horses for Courses
value crediting, dividend payments, or mode of care benefit maximums); • Guarantees such as minimum ... granularity and detail of calculations also has a direct relationship with the time required to complete ...- Authors: Van Beach
- Date: Oct 2017
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Leadership>Change management; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Asset modeling; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Deterministic models; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Dynamic simulation models; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Simulation; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Value at risk - Modeling & Statistical Methods; Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics; Technology & Applications>Business intelligence; Technology & Applications>Computer science; Technology & Applications>Data warehousing; Technology & Applications>Software
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GPUs: How We Went From Zombie Blood Splatter To Financial Projections
GPUs: How We Went From Zombie Blood Splatter To Financial Projections GPUs are structured ... are irrelevant from a software perspective. The primary vendors in the GPU space are NVIDIA and ATI. NVIDIA ...
- Authors: Chris Stiefeling
- Date: Oct 2013
- Competency: Leadership>Thought leadership; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Annuities>Variable annuities; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models; Technology & Applications>Computer science; Technology & Applications>Software
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CompAct - April 2017 Issue 55
the data you need. Secondly, by establishing a direct connection that can be scheduled to refresh, ... unlist((strsplit(line, “,”))) # Extract the columns we care about product <- line[2] premium <- as.numeric(line[3]) ...- Authors: Society of Actuaries
- Date: Apr 2017
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics; Technology & Applications>Business intelligence; Technology & Applications>Computer science
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Machine Learning, Skynet or the Future of Actuarial Software?
Machine Learning, Skynet or the Future of Actuarial Software? This article explores the ... efficiency can be measured a number of ways, but the primary ones are com- pute time and memory usage. Without ...- Authors: Sean Hayward
- Date: Oct 2018
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency; Technology & Applications>Computer science; Technology & Applications>Software
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Letter From the Editors
Letter From the Editors Discussion on the issue's contents. Computer science ... diversifying the spectrum of content, it has been our primary focus to ensure we have a good mix of topics that ...- Authors: Hugh Lakshman, Ravi Bhagat
- Date: Oct 2018
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Technology & Applications>Computer science
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Effective Communication of Stochastic Model Results
value crediting, dividend payments, or mode of care benefit maximums); • Guarantees such as minimum ... granularity and detail of calculations also has a direct relationship with the time required to complete ...- Authors: Society of Actuaries
- Date: Oct 2017
- Competency: Communication>Written communication
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics; Technology & Applications>Computer science
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Actuaries Looking to the SCAI for Answers
Actuaries Looking to the SCAI for Answers Discusses the use of a multi-tier Scalable Cloud ... internally, and managed via Microsoft HPC–is their primary source of actuarial computing capacity. Third-party ...- Authors: Van Beach
- Date: Oct 2010
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Technology & Applications>Computer science
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Using R for Actuarial Science
Using R for Actuarial Science This paper documents the R language and its applications. Data mining; ... the page is highly recommended. tables.ndx The primary purpose of this file, as any index file, is to ...- Authors: Nariankadu Shyamalkumar
- Date: Jul 2006
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Technology & Applications>Computer science