Description: Renal disease is a very heterogenous medical condition whose end state is dialysis, a recurring cost intensive medical condition. Dialysis cost is one of the major medical cost drivers in USA. Insufficient and improper care management in the early stages of CKD (chronic kidney disease) leads to early incidence of end stage renal disease (ESRD) among CKD patients which not only leads to high medical costs, but also reflects poor health quality.

Description: This session will cover clustering techniques generally (k-means, hierarchical), and how k-means have been used to segment policyholders using third party features such as credit scores to assess customer profitability.

Description: This session will review limited fluctuation credibility, and how to apply that approach to a GLM. Alternative credibility approaches through the lens of ASOP 25 will also be discussed.

Description: Read the December 2018 issue of Predictive Analytics and Futurism published by the Predictive Analytics and Futurism Section.

Description: Feature article providing a brief introduction to Cython.

Description: Feature article discussing the usefulness of Lorenz and Lift curves.

Description: Chairperson's column for the May 2019 issue of Predictive Analytics & Futurism.

Description: This article gives a brief overview of ways to extend clustering analysis beyond basic methods such a k-means

Description: The predictive analytics application growth in the Asia-Pacific region has been gaining momentum.