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SVDMx (version 0.1.0)

mods2018: SVD-Comp models data set - 'mods2018'

Description

An R object containing a hierarchy of lists that contain SVD-derived components, estimated model coefficients, and other parameter values necessary to generate new 1qx values using the SVD Component mortality model indexed by child/child-adult mortality implemented by the 'qx()' function. The model objects have been 'cleaned' to remove large collections of data that are not necessary to perform predictions - this dramatically reduces their size. This is the 2018 version of the models that replicates the Demography paper.

Usage

mods2018

Arguments

Format

An R list object with members:

Female:
comps: 4 raw SVD-derived components

comps.sm: 4 smoothed SVD-derived components

aml: lm() model object for adult mortality model

v1: lm() model object for v1

v2: lm() model object for v2

v3: lm() model object for v3

v4: lm() model object for v4

offset: offset used when calculating SVD

q0: lm() model object for mortality at age 0

rownames: row labels for the predicted values

Male:
comps: 4 raw SVD-derived components

comps.sm: 4 smoothed SVD-derived components

aml: lm() model object for adult mortality model

v1: lm() model object for v1

v2: lm() model object for v2

v3: lm() model object for v3

v4: lm() model object for v4

offset: offset used when calculating SVD

q0: lm() model object for mortality at age 0

rownames: row labels for the predicted values

Author

Samuel J. Clark, work@samclark.net