Bayesian Probabilistic Projections of Life Expectancy for All Countries

Demography

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 777-801

  Raftery, Adrian E ^a   Chunn, Jennifer L ^b   Gerland, Patrick ^c   Ševčíková, Hana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian hierarchical model; Double logistic function; Lee Carter model; Life expectancy at birth; Markov chain Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877594864     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-012-0193-x     Document Type: Article

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