negLL_function: Gompertz Negative Log Likelihood Function

In gompertztrunc: Conducting Maximum Likelihood Estimation with Truncated Mortality Data

Gompertz Negative Log Likelihood Function

Description

Computes negative log likelihood for optimizer

Usage

negLL_function(par, y, X, y.left, y.right, wt)

Arguments

par	a vector of parameter estimates
y	a vector of death ages
X	a model matrix
y.left	left truncation age
y.right	right truncation age
wt	weight

Value

The negative log likelihood of parameter estimates given observed data

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