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Appendix B: How to Build a Model
Appendix B: How to Build a Model This actually is a copy of an appendix of a research paper sponsored by the SOA Committee on Finance Research. You can read the entire research paper: “Lapse ...- Authors: Dihui Lai, Scott Rushing, Minyu Cao, Timothy Rozar, Qichun Xu
- Date: Jul 2015
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
- Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
- Topics: Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics
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Back to the Futurism
Back to the Futurism The article gives a brief history of the development of the Delphi method, and describes the use of the Delphi method in studies by the Society of Actuaries over the past 25 ...- Authors: Ben Wolzenski
- Date: Dec 2015
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
- Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting
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Introduction to Using Graphical Processing Units for Variable
Introduction to Using Graphical Processing Units for Variable This article describes how to model variable annuities using a GPU along with some of the stumbling blocks. Variable annuities;GPU; ...- Authors: Bryon Robidoux
- Date: Dec 2016
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
- Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
- Topics: Annuities>Variable annuities; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency; Technology & Applications>Computer science; Technology & Applications>Software
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Regression and Classification, a Deeper Look
Regression and Classification, a Deeper Look A look into how machine learning models implement classification and regression at a deeper level. Covers topics such as multi-regression, softmax, ...- Authors: Jeff T Heaton
- Date: Jul 2016
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
- Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
- Topics: Predictive Analytics; Technology & Applications
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Using Hadoop and Spark for Distributed Predictive Modeling
Using Hadoop and Spark for Distributed Predictive Modeling The newer predictive modeling tools are powerful but they work best when supported by a lot of computing power. Parallel processing is ...- Authors: Dihui Lai, Qichun Xu
- Date: Jul 2016
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Data mining; Predictive Analytics
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Logistic GLM Credibility
Logistic GLM Credibility This article summarizes a method for measuring the credibility of a prediction from a logistic generalized linear model (GLM). generalized linear model;Credibility theory ...- Authors: Matthias Kullowatz
- Date: Dec 2017
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
- Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Credibility theory
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Shiny: Another Step Forward in Data Democratization
Shiny: Another Step Forward in Data Democratization An introduction to creating Shiny web applications, with sample code available to reproduce the interactive application displayed in screenshots ...- Authors: Eileen Sheila Burns
- Date: Apr 2018
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
- Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
- Topics: Predictive Analytics
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Parallel Cloud Computing
Parallel Cloud Computing This article shares our experience of using the cloud to do large-scale parallel processing and discusses some background regarding the cloud. 6442481991 04/01/2018 ...- Authors: Joseph Charles Long
- Date: Apr 2018
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
- Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
- Topics: Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics; Technology & Applications>Software
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InsurTech: The Next Disruptor for the Insurance Industry
InsurTech: The Next Disruptor for the Insurance Industry This article is about how insurance companies are deploying insurance technologies. Artifical Intelligence;Underwriting;Analytics ...- Authors: Dorothy Andrews
- Date: Aug 2018
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
- Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
- Topics: Life Insurance>Policyholder behavior - Life Insurance
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Introduction to PMML in R
Introduction to PMML in R Introduction to PMML and how to use of it in the R programming language. PMML is an interchange format for predictive models. predictive modeling 6442483963 08/01/2018 ...- Authors: Jeff T Heaton
- Date: Aug 2018
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
- Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
- Topics: Predictive Analytics