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 (may not be active yet)
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

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Package source: demofit_0.1.1.tar.gz
Windows binaries: r-devel: demofit_0.1.1.zip, r-release: not available, r-oldrel: not available
macOS binaries: r-release (arm64): not available, r-oldrel (arm64): demofit_0.1.1.tgz, r-release (x86_64): not available, r-oldrel (x86_64): not available

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