R - The right choice for analytics This article presents a description of several computer programs used for analytics. By KevinPledge Analytics and informatics;Regression analysis;Computer ...

Letter from the Editors Andrew Chan is now emeritus co-editor of the CompAct newsletter. He offers a final contribution for this issue’s letter, sharing a poignant visit to a client: Computer ...

Spreadsheets—the Aging Friend of Actuaries Is the Excel spreadsheet an actuary’s best friend? It appears that the life and pension industry is meandering blindly into a world of endless ...

GPUs: How We Went From Zombie Blood Splatter To Financial Projections GPUs are structured differently from CPUs in that they are designed to process many small programs or functions ...

The R Corner In the prior article, we examined the use of the “cut” function inside of R. This column we examine the “with” command. ; by Steven Craighead   In the prior article, we examined ...

Can Your Reports Dance? We create a lot of financial reports, and at the same time we probably receive even more financial reports. Most financial reports are full of numbers. … As a result, ...

Reminiscences of a Prophet Operator Read this article for an overview of Sungard’s Prophet Professional program.By Anton Kobelev Financial reporting;Valuation actuary By Anton Kobelev I have ...