autoplot.rating_refinement: Inspect a model refinement step

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Inspect a model refinement step

Description

Visualise one stored step of a rating_refinement specification before fitting the revised GLM with refit(). The plot compares the original fitted tariff effect with the smoothing, restriction, shrinkage, rebasing or sublevel relativity specification produced by the selected step.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'rating_refinement'
autoplot(
  object,
  variable = NULL,
  step = NULL,
  x_max = NULL,
  y_max = NULL,
  show_initial_smoothing = FALSE,
  show_segments = TRUE,
  remove_underscores = FALSE,
  rotate_angle = NULL,
  custom_theme = NULL,
  ...
)

Arguments

object	Object of class rating_refinement.
variable	Optional character string identifying the model or derived variable whose refinement step should be shown. For one smoothing lineage, the most recent smoothing or edit step is selected. An error is returned when no step matches or when matches belong to different refinements.
step	Optional positive integer identifying a step in the stored refinement sequence. This takes precedence over variable.
x_max	Optional single finite numeric value. Maximum value displayed on the x-axis of a smoothing plot. This changes only the visible plotting range; it does not remove observations, alter the fitted smoothing curve or affect refit(). It is useful when a small number of extreme values would otherwise compress the range containing most portfolio risks. For example, use x_max = 1e7 to display insured values up to 10 million. This argument is only available for smoothing steps.
y_max	Optional single finite numeric value. Maximum relativity displayed on the y-axis of a smoothing plot. Like x_max, this changes only the visible plotting range and does not alter the smoothing fit, refinement data or refit(). This argument is only available for smoothing steps.
show_initial_smoothing	Logical. For a smoothing or smoothing-edit plot, whether to overlay the initial curve produced by the corresponding add_smoothing() step. The other smoothing line shows the cumulative curve at the selected step. Default is FALSE. This argument does not alter the refinement specification or refit().
show_segments	Logical. For a smoothing or smoothing-edit relativity plot, whether to show the horizontal relativities and boundary points of the new tariff segments. Set this to FALSE to inspect the continuous smoothing curve without the segmented tariff representation. The original fitted model effects remain visible. Default is TRUE.
remove_underscores	Logical; if TRUE, underscores are replaced by spaces in the x-axis label. Default is FALSE.
rotate_angle	Optional numeric value for the angle of x-axis labels.
custom_theme	Optional list passed to ggplot2::theme().
...	Additional plotting arguments passed to ggplot2 geoms.

Details

Refinement steps are evaluated in their stored order up to and including the selected step. The plot is a diagnostic preview: it does not refit the GLM and does not modify the refinement specification.

If step is supplied, that position in the refinement sequence is shown. If only variable is supplied, the most recent step in one smoothing lineage is used. For other refinement types, exactly one stored step must match that variable. When neither is supplied, the object must contain exactly one refinement step. Otherwise the function asks the user to select a step explicitly.

Each edit_smoothing() call is stored as a separate workflow step. Selecting such a step shows the cumulative smoothing after all preceding edits up to that point. Set show_initial_smoothing = TRUE to add the curve produced by the corresponding add_smoothing() step before any edits were applied.

Actuarial interpretation

The plot supports review of the proposed tariff structure before estimation. It can be used to assess the local shape and magnitude of a smoothing curve, the effect of fixed relativities, and the differentiation introduced within a broader GLM level. This visual assessment does not by itself establish statistical adequacy; claim volume, exposure, stability over time and model diagnostics should also be considered.

For a sublevel split created by add_relativities(), the original parent level is shown as a horizontal segment across its child levels. This makes the parent GLM effect and the proposed within-level differentiation directly comparable.

Value

A ggplot2 object.

Author(s)

Martin Haringa

See Also

prepare_refinement(), add_smoothing(), edit_smoothing(), add_restriction(), add_shrinkage(), add_rebasing(), add_relativities(), refit()

Examples

portfolio <- data.frame(
  claims = c(1, 2, 1, 3, 2, 4),
  exposure = rep(1, 6),
  risk_class = factor(c("A", "B", "C", "A", "B", "C"))
)

model <- glm(
  claims ~ risk_class + offset(log(exposure)),
  family = poisson(),
  data = portfolio
)

refinement <- prepare_refinement(model, data = portfolio) |>
  add_restriction(data.frame(
    risk_class = "C",
    risk_class_restricted = 1.10
  ))

autoplot(refinement)

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