Academic Catalog

IAM785 SPECIAL TOPICS: SURVIVAL MODELS IN ACTUARIAL SCIENCE

Course Code: 9700785
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Institute Of Applied Mathematics
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
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Offered Semester: Fall or Spring Semesters.

Course Content

Forms of survival models, survival distributions, parametric survival models, introduction to demography and life tables, force of mortality, estimation of parametric survival models, actuarial estimation with survival models.