Girosi, Federico creator King, Gary text bibliography nju Princeton Princeton University Press c2008 2008 monographic eng

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xviii, 267 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm. 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 specialized Federico Girosi and Gary King ; with contributions from Kevin Quinn and Gregory Wawro Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-257) and index Mortality Forecasting methods Models, Statistical Mortality Forecasting Methodology Mortality Statistical methods Demography 9780691130958 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0691130957 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780691130941 (alk. paper) 0691130949 (alk. paper) UMP 090708 20251117145446.0 vtls000039841