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  • Health Actuaries and the Short-term Prediction Problem

    Health Actuaries and the Short-term Prediction Problem This article discusses challenges that short-term predictions have on actuaries' reputations, both as individuals and as a profession, ...

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    • Date: May 2012
    • Competency: Communication>Oral communication; Communication>Written communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Leadership>Influence; Professional Values>Practice expertise; Relationship Management>Relationships and trust; Strategic Insight and Integration>Influence decisions; Strategic Insight and Integration>Management partnership
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Standards of practice; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Sensitivity testing
  • 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
  • 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
  • Back to The Futurism

    Back to The Futurism A discussion of the process and results report “A Study of the Use of the Delphi Method, A Futures Research Technique for Forecasting Selected U.S. Economic Variables and ...

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    • Authors: Steven Easson
    • Date: Feb 2009
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting
  • 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
  • Artificial Intelligence: What Is It and How Can I Use It?

    Artificial Intelligence: What Is It and How Can I Use It? The author discusses the field of artificial intelligence, as well as some of the key definitions along with some possible applications.

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    • Authors: Brian Grossmiller
    • 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
  • Society Of Actuaries Annual Meeting Features Social Insurance Modeling Mini-Seminar

    Society Of Actuaries Annual Meeting Features Social Insurance Modeling Mini-Seminar Information about a social insurance modeling mini-seminar at the SOA’s 2010 Annual Meeting Demographics; 9591 ...

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    • Authors: Sam Gutterman
    • Date: Jul 2010
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: In The Public Interest
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting; Social Insurance
  • 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