comb: Model based average of the estimated values from two or more...

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Model based average of the estimated values from two or more fertility models

Description

Model based average of the estimated values from two or more fertility models.

Usage

comb(models)

Arguments

models

A list with possible models.

Value

A list including:

weights	The weights assigned to each model.
fit	The weighted fitted age-specific fertility rates \hat{f}(x).

Author(s)

Michail Tsagris.

R implementation and documentation: Michail Tsagris [e-mail].

See Also

Hadwiger

Examples

rate <- c(0.0001, 0.0006, 0.0033, 0.0111, 0.0263, 0.0412, 0.0544, 0.0622,
0.0660, 0.0704,0.0723, 0.0753, 0.0814, 0.0873, 0.0924, 0.0962, 0.0989,
0.1006, 0.0990, 0.0933,0.0831, 0.0747, 0.0634, 0.0529, 0.0424, 0.0326,
0.0242, 0.0172, 0.0115, 0.0073, 0.0040, 0.0022, 0.0012, 0.0006, 0.0003,
0.0002, 0.0001)
age <- 13:49
mod1 <- Hadwiger(rate, age)
mod2 <- Gama(rate, age)
mod3 <- Model1(rate, age)
mod4 <- Model2(rate, age)
a <- list(mod1 = mod1, mod2 = mod2, mod3 = mod3, mod4 = mod4)
comb(a)

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