Smoothing and forecasting mortality rates

Statistical Modeling

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 279-298

  Currie, Iain D ^a   Durban, Maria ^b   Eilers, Paul H ^c  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

forecasting; mortality; overdispersion; P splines; two dimensions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993811151     PISSN: 1471082X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1471082X04st080oa     Document Type: Article

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