ACST818: Survival Models
Models for survival, sickness and marriage. Estimation of decrement rates from actual experience, comparison with the rates from standard tables and preparing new standard tables. Risk factors and effects of selection; design of data collection; statistical analysis and graduation of observed rates; testing graduations. Single decrement, multiple decrement and multiple state models will be considered.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| Contact Hours: | -- |
| When Offered: | D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year |
| Staff Contact: | Dr Xian Zhou |
| Prerequisites: | ACST851 and STAT810 |
| Corequisites: | |
| NCCWs: | ACST854 |
| Unit Designations: | Commerce |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: |
Department of Applied Finance and Actuarial Studies Faculty of Business and Economics |