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In Section 19.1 we deal with the question whether human life spans are limited or unlimited. The celebrated Gompertz law will be central for our considerations. We particularly apply the results of Section 6.5, concerning penultimate distributions, to this question. Section 19.2 concerns the prediction of life tables by adopting a regression approach.
co-authored by E. Kaufmann
University of Siegen.
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(2007). Life Science. In: Statistical Analysis of Extreme Values. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-7399-3_19
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