{"product_id":"predictive-modeling-applications-in-actuarial-edward-w-frees-9781107029880","title":"Predictive Modeling Applications in Actuarial Science: Volume 2, Case Studies in Insurance","description":"Predictive modeling uses data to forecast future events. It exploits relationships between explanatory variables and the predicted variables from past occurrences to predict future outcomes. Forecasting financial events is a core skill that actuaries routinely apply in insurance and other risk-management applications. Predictive Modeling Applications in Actuarial Science emphasizes life-long learning by developing tools in an insurance context, providing the relevant actuarial applications, and introducing advanced statistical techniques that can be used to gain a competitive advantage in situations with complex data. Volume 2 examines applications of predictive modeling. Where Volume 1 developed the foundations of predictive modeling, Volume 2 explores practical uses for techniques, focusing on property and casualty insurance. Readers are exposed to a variety of techniques in concrete, real-life contexts that demonstrate their value and the overall value of predictive modeling, for seasoned practicing analysts as well as those just starting out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edward W. Frees\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1107029880\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781107029880\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/27\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.03h x 7.56w x 0.89d","brand":"Edward W. Frees","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43988378484991,"sku":"9781107029880","price":111.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d883d508-e8c4-4a58-96a5-e71ce684ab9a.jpg?v=1683294199","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/predictive-modeling-applications-in-actuarial-edward-w-frees-9781107029880","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}