Data Science with Actuarial Applications

Subject: 
Actuarial Science (ACTSC)
Catalog number: 
632
Unit weight: 
0.50
Meet type: 
LEC,TUT
Grading basis: 
NUM
Cross-listing(s): 
N/A
Requisites: 
Prereq: Master of Actuarial Science Students onlyDepartment Consent Required
Description: 
This course provides a comprehensive treatment of various techniques from statistics, predictive analytics and machine learning that can be used to analyze data sets relevant for actuarial applications. Specific topics covered include: modeling principles and practice, analysis and estimation of survival and multiple-state models, insurance pricing using generalized linear models, classification and tree-based methods, and Monte Carlo simulation of time series.
Topic titles: 
N/A
Faculty: 
Mathematics (MAT)
Academic level: 
GRD
Course ID: 
013400