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Letter From The Chair
Letter From The Chair It’s been an active year for the Technology Section. We sponsored a variety of sessions at actuarial meetings throughout the year and also offered several webcasts. ; By J.- Authors: John Smith
- Date: Oct 2012
- 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: CompAct
- Topics: Technology & Applications>Computer science; Technology & Applications>Software
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Excel Spreadsheets Best Practices
Excel Spreadsheets Best Practices This article is focused on Excel application design and how to build a better Excel application. By Andrew Chan Excel is probably the most popular business ...- Date: Mar 2015
- Publication Name: CompAct
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Top Six Danger List
Top Six Danger List Good documentation (and even bad) takes work. It is not fun work. It is not work that motivated us to pass exams. But, spreadsheets have good tools to create essential ...- Authors: David Kester
- Date: Mar 2015
- Publication Name: CompAct
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Are You Agile?
Are You Agile? Agile Project Management is an iterative development approach that is popular in software development but is increasingly being applied to project management and process ...- Authors: Jenna Fariss
- Date: Mar 2016
- Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Technology & Applications>Business intelligence
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Technology in the News
Technology in the News This article references articles discussing technology in the modern business world. From Digital Doings, July 2006. <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="Header" --> ...- Authors: Tim Roar
- Date: Jul 2006
- Publication Name: CompAct
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Apps For Actuaries: We Have Winners!
Apps For Actuaries: We Have Winners! Congratulations to the three winners of the SOA Technology Section’s Apps for Actuaries contest! ; By Mary Pat Campbell Congratulations to the three winners ...- Authors: Mary Campbell
- Date: Oct 2012
- Publication Name: CompAct
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R Corner: Predictive Modeling - Tree Models
R Corner: Predictive Modeling - Tree Models A look at using tree regression models as predictive models. By Steven Craighead Predictive Modeling;tree;random forest;clustering By Steven Craighead ...- Authors: Steven Craighead
- Date: May 2016
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Experience Studies & Data
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R Corner – Ring of Fire
R Corner – Ring of Fire <p>In this article, we will look at how to download worldwide earthquake data and load it into R and use the “maps” and “mapproj” packages to display the Ring of Fire ...- Authors: Steven Craighead
- Date: Oct 2012
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Data mining
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Letter from the Chair
Letter from the Chair I consider it a huge honor to chair the Technology Section. Not only is it an opportunity to give back to a professional organization that's given me so much, I get to ...- Date: Feb 2012
- Publication Name: CompAct
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Letter from the Chair
Letter from the Chair Engaging young actuaries is a major goal for this year. Technology is one of the professional arenas where youth can be an asset. By Ben Kester Welcome to the first issue of ...- Date: Mar 2015
- Publication Name: CompAct