Description: APL is both a unique form of mathematical notation and a programming language. As a notation it has intrinsic appeal and gives rise to many elegant and ingenious definitions of mathematical concepts. As a programming Language, or system, it also provides the user with instant evaluation of these concepts. The combination is extremely powerful, and some interesting applications may be demonstrated with respect to annuities.

Description: When setting reserves, multiple methods are often used in the creation of the reserve estimate. Judgment is warranted to combine these different estimates into a final recommendation. This paper describes two techniques that can be used to combine these estimates that may result in better accuracy and lower variance.

Description: Book review of The Mathematical Sciences, A Collection of 22 Essays, by the National Research Council's Committee on Support of Research in the Mathematical Sciences.

Description: Article from The Actuary, June 1971 – volume 5 - Issue 6 is a recap of the LOMA Systems Forum held in New York, March 15-17, 1971.

Description: This paper documents the R language and its applications.

Description: The session is about maximizing cost efficiency of mainframe computers used at life insurance companies. From the 1976 Record, Vol. 2, No. 4.

Description: Discusses various quick fixes for Y2K computer issue.

Description: David Januszewski looks at the the development of open source software in statistics. By comparing the virtues between SAS, the proprietary software and R, the open source software used by statisticians, he thinks that open source software "can and does coexist with the proprietary software" and "both have a purpose. "He further looks at the availability of the open source software in the actuarial profession and does not see "open source software sweeping across actuarial science like it has with other fields". Dave explains the possible uses and virtues of the open source software to actuaries and asserts that it may be beneficial that the open source is used together with the propriety software.

Description: The Modeling Platform

Description: Presented at May 2005 Spring Meeting. Panelists discuss strategies for increased modeling speed as risk management, valuation and product development activities have been requiring increasingly complex financial models.