num_pages: 672
description: A modern practical guide to building and using actuarial models. Loss From Data to Decisions is organized around the principle that actuaries build models in order to analyze risks and make decisions about managing the risks based on conclusions drawn from the analysis. In practice, one begins with data and ends with a business decision. The book flows logically from this principle. It begins with a framework for model building and a description of frequency and severity loss data typically available to actuaries. Parametric models are emphasized throughout. The frequency and severity models are used in building aggregate loss models, in credibility-based pricing models, and in loss analysis over multiple time periods. Designed as both an educational text as well as a professional reference, Loss 
language: English
title: Loss Models: From Data to Decisions
titlecomplete: Loss Models: From Data to Decisions (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics)
genres: Mathematics, Reference
ratings_count: 60
publisher: Wiley-Interscience