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demofit: Parametric Mortality Curve Fitting and Mortality Forecasting Tools

Provides tools for fitting parametric mortality curves. Implements multiple optimisation strategies to enhance robustness and stability of parameter estimation. Offers tools for forecasting mortality rates guided by mortality curves. For modelling details see: Tabeau (2001) <doi:10.1007/0-306-47562-6_1>, Renshaw and Haberman (2006) <doi:10.1016/j.insmatheco.2005.12.001>, Cairns et al. (2009) <doi:10.1080/10920277.2009.10597538>.

Version: 0.1.1
Imports: forecast, minpack.lm, MortalityLaws, NlcOptim, stats, graphics, grDevices
Published: 2026-03-16
DOI: 10.32614/CRAN.package.demofit
Author: Jackie Li [aut, cre, cph]
Maintainer: Jackie Li <jackieli at smu.edu.sg>
License: GPL-3
NeedsCompilation: no
Citation: demofit citation info
CRAN checks: demofit results

Documentation:

Reference manual: demofit.html , demofit.pdf

Downloads:

Package source: demofit_0.1.1.tar.gz
Windows binaries: r-devel: demofit_0.1.1.zip, r-release: demofit_0.1.1.zip, r-oldrel: demofit_0.1.1.zip
macOS binaries: r-release (arm64): demofit_0.1.1.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): demofit_0.1.1.tgz, r-release (x86_64): demofit_0.1.1.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): demofit_0.1.1.tgz

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They may not be fully stable and should be used with caution. We make no claims about them.
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