A comparison of nonparametric methods in the graduation of mortality: Application to data from the Valencia Region (Spain)

International Statistical Review

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 215-233

  Debón, Ana ^a   Montes, Francisco ^b   Sala, Ramón ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

GAM; Kernel smoothing; Life tables; LOESS; Splines

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748314441     PISSN: 03067734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-5823.2006.tb00171.x     Document Type: Review

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