Presentation and derivation of a five-parameter survival function intended to model mortality in modern female populations

Scandinavian Actuarial Journal

Volumn 2001, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 176-187

  Hannerz, Harald ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Applied mathematics; Cumulative distribution function; Hazard rate; Mortality law; Statistical methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745936036     PISSN: 03461238     EISSN: 16512030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03461230152592809     Document Type: Article

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