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Prophet Modeling (3): Something About Documentation

I was a bit surprised when Ms. Z called me. She asked me for a favor if I could provide a brief explanation on how actuarial modeling is done, especially related to Prophet – because she needed to review of the actuarial modeling processes. “OK, I can only share with you whatever I did in the past. But you need to check with Actuarial Department for the latest practice they have.” I am no longer with Actuarial Department, hence I couldn’t say on behalf Actuarial Department – furthermore, there is a new leader for the Modeling Team. What I could do was only sharing my past experience when I did my reserve workspace and simplified asset share workspace. I met Ms. Z the next day, together with her colleague (Oops, I didn’t ask what her colleague’s name is…). I explained how Prophet works in a very brief way, so that they could have some ideas how Prophet helps actuarial people doing the job. “Then what were the documentations you had when you setup the actuarial model in Prophet?” Y...