 This data set contains 4 objects, <code>q0</code>, <code>age</code>, <code>lx</code> and <code>dx</code>. <code>q0</code> is a prior distribution for the eight Heligman-Pollard parameters. It was formed using <code><a rd-options="" href="/link/prior.form?package=HPbayes&version=0.1" data-mini-rdoc="HPbayes::prior.form">prior.form</a></code><code>()</code>. <code>age</code> is a vector providing age groups (0-1, 1-4, 5-9, 10-14,...,100+) which matches the length of <code>lx</code> and <code>dx</code>. <code>lx</code> is a vector of persons at risk in the age groups described in <code>age</code>. <code>dx</code> is a vector containing the corresponding deaths in the age groups in <code>age</code>.

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HPprior

This package provides all the functions necessary to
estimate the 8 parameters of the Heligman Pollard mortality
model using a Bayesian Melding procedure with IMIS as well as
to convert those parameters into age-specifc probabilities of
death and a corresponding life table

Dave Sharrow

HPbayes

Heligman Pollard mortality model parameter estimation using
Bayesian Melding with Incremental Mixture Importance Sampling

HPprior function

Four objects: <code>q0</code> (a matrix with 8000 rows and 8 columns), <code>age</code> (a vector of length 22), <code>lx</code> (a vector of length 22), <code>dx</code> (a vector of length 22

HPprior: prior, age groups, lx and dx values

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