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  • Growing Artificial Societies: Social Science from the Bottom Up, by Joshua M. Epstein and Robert Axtell

    Growing Artificial Societies: Social Science from the Bottom Up, by Joshua M. Epstein and Robert Axtell Book review of: Social Science from the Bottom Up, by Joshua M. Epstein and Robert Axtell ...

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    • Authors: Ben Wolzenski
    • Date: Jul 2012
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context
    • Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting
  • Judgmental Forecasting in Determining Policyholder Behavior Assumptions

    Judgmental Forecasting in Determining Policyholder Behavior Assumptions The author explains how he used judgmental forecasting techniques to develop a dynamic lapse assumption. He defines the ...

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    • Authors: L Doug King
    • Date: Jul 2011
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting
  • Challenging Old Paradigms—What Are You Going to Do?

    Challenging Old Paradigms—What Are You Going to Do? The main focus of this article revolves around pension plans and their funding levels. ;; Retirement plans 4294992058 7/1/2012 12:00:00 AM ...

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    • Authors: Donald Krouse
    • Date: Jul 2012
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations
    • Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting; Pensions & Retirement
  • “One of the Best Kept Secrets of the SOA”

    “One of the Best Kept Secrets of the SOA” Description of the vast variety of predictive analytics topics covered by the Forecasting & Futurism section and introduction to the July 2015 issue ...

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    • Authors: David Snell
    • Date: Jul 2015
    • Competency: Communication>Persuasive communication; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
    • Topics: Economics>Behavioral economics; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Data mining; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Regression analysis
  • December 2016 edition of Predictive Analytics & Futurism

    December 2016 edition of Predictive Analytics & Futurism December 2016 edition of Predictive Analytics & Futurism Predictive Modeling;Futurism 6442473928 12/1/2016 12:00:00 AM ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Dec 2016
    • Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting
  • F&F 2 nd Annual iPad 2 Forecasting Competition

    F&F 2 nd Annual iPad 2 Forecasting Competition Provides details of the 2nd forecasting competition for the best model that predicts the Civilian Unemployment Rate 'UNRATE', ...

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    • Authors: Benjamin Steward Wadsley
    • Date: Jan 2012
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting
  • Delphi Studies Past, Present and Future

    Delphi Studies Past, Present and Future This article is about research studies that use the Delphi technique. It describes what a Delphi study is and gives a thumbnail sketch of two Delphi ...

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    • Authors: Ben Wolzenski
    • Date: Jan 2012
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting
  • Getting Started with Deep Learning and TensorFlow

    Getting Started with Deep Learning and TensorFlow A description of how to use Deep Learning and TensorFlow Futurism;Predictive Modeling 6442473933 12/1/2016 12:00:00 AM ...

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    • Authors: Jeff T Heaton
    • Date: Dec 2016
    • Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting
  • 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; ...

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    • 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
  • Book Review: Complexity: A Guided Tour by Melanie Mitchell, Ph.D.

    Book Review: Complexity: A Guided Tour by Melanie Mitchell, Ph.D. In Complexity: A Guided Tour, readers are given a short history lesson on the roots of dynamical systems theory, chaos and ...

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    • Authors: David Snell
    • Date: Jul 2010
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting