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Calculating devices and actuarial work

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2012

C. G. Lewin ,
J. V. Evans ,
K. J. Goodare  and
L. R. Packer
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Abstract

This paper is the report of a Research Group which has been examining developments in calculating devices, the effects on actuarial work and the future outlook.

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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries , Volume 116 , Issue 2 , September 1989 , pp. 215 - 287
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Copyright © Institute and Faculty of Actuaries 1989

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