actuarial science
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discipline that applies mathematical and statistical methods to assess risk in the insurance and finance industries
Research
5,818 papers- How can actuarial science contribute to the field of health technology assessment? An interdisciplinary perspective.International journal of technology assessment in health care · 2025
- Editorial for special issue on advances in Actuarial Science and quantitative finance.Methodology and computing in applied probability · 2022
- Reply.Journal of vascular surgery · 2025
- Preface: Challenges for future pandemics.Epidemics · 2022
- Clinical versus actuarial judgment.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 1989
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Encyclopedic overview
2003 US mortality (life) table, table 1, page 1
Actuarial science is the discipline that applies mathematical and statistical methods to assess risk in insurance, pension, finance, investment, psychology, medicine, and other industries and professions.
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