MortalitySmooth-package {MortalitySmooth} | R Documentation |
Smoothing one- and two-dimensional Poisson counts with P-splines specifically tailored to mortality data. Extra-Poisson variation can be accounted. Collection of mortality data and a specific function for selecting those data by country, sex, age and years.
Package: | MortalitySmooth |
Type: | Package |
Version: | 1.0 |
Date: | 2009-09-17 |
License: | What license is it under? |
LazyLoad: | yes |
Carlo G Camarda
Maintainer: Carlo G Camarda <camarda@demogr.mpg.de>
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