A matrix approach to the statistics of longevity in heterogeneous frailty models

Demographic Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 553-592

  Caswell, Hal ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

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EID: 84920275575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2014.31.19     Document Type: Article

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