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Survival Models - ACST358

This unit develops probabilistic and statistical models for survival and death, health and sickness, loss and claims, and other insurance related problems. Students will learn sophisticated mathematical and statistical methods to estimate lifetime distributions and model parameters; evaluate estimation quality and errors; assess the effects of covariates and risk factors; and test the appropriateness and validity of the models. Survival analysis for censored and truncated data, Cox proportional hazards models with covariates, and Markov processes for multiple state models, will be discussed and studied in details. Students gaining a grade of credit or higher in both ACST358 and ACST359 are eligible for exemption from subject CT4 of the professional exams of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia.

Credit Points: 3
When Offered:

S1 Day - Session 1, North Ryde, Day

Staff Contact(s): Actuarial staff
Prerequisites:

ACST255 and STAT272 Prerequisite Information

Corequisites:

NCCW(s):
Unit Designation(s):

Commerce

Science

Unit Type:
Assessed As: Graded
Offered By:

Department of Applied Finance and Actuarial Studies

Faculty of Business and Economics

Course structures, including unit offerings, are subject to change.
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