Unique estimation of mortality rates in Gompertz survival model parameters

Applied Mathematics Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 211-219

  Lakshminarayanan, E S ^a   Pitchaimani, M ^a  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Gompertz equation; Mortality rates; Survival; Uniqueness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867938370     PISSN: 08939659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0893-9659(03)80034-4     Document Type: Article

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