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Credit Scoring, Response Modelling and Insurance Rating

A Practical Guide to Forecasting Consumer Behaviour

Palgrave Macmillan

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Introduction

    • Steven Finlay
    Pages 1-29
  3. Project Planning

    • Steven Finlay
    Pages 30-65
  4. Sample Selection

    • Steven Finlay
    Pages 66-88
  5. Gathering and Preparing Data

    • Steven Finlay
    Pages 89-112
  6. Understanding Relationships in Data

    • Steven Finlay
    Pages 113-143
  7. Data Pre-processing

    • Steven Finlay
    Pages 144-159
  8. Model Construction (Parameter Estimation)

    • Steven Finlay
    Pages 160-196
  9. Sample Bias and Reject Inference

    • Steven Finlay
    Pages 226-243
  10. Implementation and Monitoring

    • Steven Finlay
    Pages 244-253
  11. Further Topics

    • Steven Finlay
    Pages 254-263
  12. Back Matter

    Pages 264-280

About this book

Every year, financial services organizations make billions of dollars worth of decisions using automated systems. For example, who to give a credit card to and the premium someone should pay for their home insurance. This book explains how the forecasting models, that lie at the heart of these systems, are developed and deployed.

About the author

STEVEN FINLAY has worked in the field of predictive analytics for over fifteen years. His research interests cover all areas of consumer credit, forecasting and data mining. He is currently Head of Analytics at HML in the UK and is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Lancaster University Management School, UK.

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