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Boundary inference for the Makeham term in mortality models
Silvio C. Patricio
Whether a mortality model needs a Makeham term, the constant representing background mortality, is commonly decided with a likelihood-ratio test. The constant cannot be negative, s…
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Using a Penalized Likelihood to Detect Mortality Deceleration
Silvio C. Patricio, Trifon I. Missov
In this paper, we suggest a novel method for detecting mortality deceleration. We focus on the gamma-Gompertz frailty model and suggest the subtraction of a penalty in the log-like…