processStartValues: Process the initial parameter supplied by the user

In StMoMo: Stochastic Mortality Modelling

Description

Convert the initial parameters supplied by the user into parameters suitable for use within gnm

Usage

processStartValues(object, coefNames, ax, bx, kt, b0x, gc, ages, years, cohorts)

Arguments

object	an object of class "StMoMo" defining the stochastic mortality model.
coefNames	name of the coefficients in the gnm model
ax	vector with starting values for α[x]
bx	matrix with starting values for β[x]
kt	matrix with starting values for κ[t]
b0x	vector with starting values for β_x^{(0)}
gc	vector with starting values for γ[c]
ages	ages in the fitting data.
years	years in the fitting data.
cohorts	cohorts in the fitting data.

Value

a vector of initial parameter estimates

StMoMo documentation built on May 2, 2019, 11:42 a.m.