Effective Statistical Learning Methods For Actuaries Ii Av Michel Denuit, Donatien Hainaut, Julien Trufin

<p>This book summarizes the state of the art in tree-based methods for insurance: regression trees, random forests and boosting methods. It also exhibits the tools which make it possible to assess the predictive performance of tree-based models. Actuaries need these advanced analytical tools to turn the massive data sets now at their disposal into opportunities.</p><p>The exposition alternates between methodological aspects and numerical illustrations or case studies. All numerical illustrations are performed with the R statistical software. The technical prerequisites are kept at a reasonable level in order to reach a broad readership. In particular, master''s students in actuarial sciences and actuaries wishing to update their skills in machine learning will find the book useful.</p><p>This is the second of three volumes entitled <i>Effective Statistical Learning Methods for Actuaries</i>. Written by actuaries for actuaries, this series offers a comprehensive overview of insurance da

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