A General Algorithm for Estimating a Markov-Generated Increment-Decrement Life Table with Applications to Marital-Status Patterns

DOI10.2307/2286398zbMath0423.62084OpenAlexW4243049026MaRDI QIDQ3857627

Robert Schoen, Kenneth C. Land

Publication date: 1979

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2286398

zbMATH Keywords

Markov chainsincrement-decrement life tablesestimation of transition probabilitiesforces of transitionmarital-status patterns

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to actuarial sciences and financial mathematics (62P05) Applications of statistics to social sciences (62P25) Applications of Markov chains and discrete-time Markov processes on general state spaces (social mobility, learning theory, industrial processes, etc.) (60J20)

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