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Demographic forecasting /

Demographic Forecasting introduces new statistical tools that can greatly improve forecasts of population death rates. Mortality forecasting is used in a wide variety of academic fields, and for policymaking in global health, social security and retirement planning, and other areas. Federico Girosi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Girosi, Federico
Otros Autores: King, Gary, 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2008]
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Qualitative view
  • Existing methods for forecasting mortality. Methods without covariates ; Methods with covariates
  • Statistical modeling. The model ; Priors over grouped continuous variables ; Model selection ; Adding priors over time and space ; Comparisons and extensions
  • Estimation. Markov Chain Monte Carlo estimation ; Fast estimation without Markov Chains
  • Empirical evidence. Illustrative analyses ; Comparative analyses ; Concluding remarks ; A. Notation
  • B. Mathematical refresher
  • C. Improper normal priors
  • D. Discretization of the derivative operator
  • E. Smoothness over graphs.