Effective Statistical Learning Methods for Actuaries I: Glms and Extensions (Denuit Michel)(Paperback)

Effective Statistical Learning Methods for Actuaries I: Glms and Extensions (Denuit Michel)(Paperback)

​Preface.- Part I: LOSS MODELS.-1. Insurance Risk Classification.-Exponential Dispersion (ED) Distributions.-3.-Maximum Likelihood Estimation.-Part II LINEAR MODELS.-4. Generalized Linear Models (GLMs).- 5.-Over-dispersion, credibility adjustments, mixed models, and regularization.-Part III

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