array.yourcast: Array generation tool for YourCast
In IQSS/YourCast: Forecasting Age-Sex-Country-Cause Mortality Rates

Description Usage Arguments Value Author(s) References See Also Examples

Creates array from YourCast output for each geographical unit.

1	array.yourcast(x, unlog=FALSE)

`x`	A `yourcast` output object.
`unlog`	Logical. Should the dependent variable be unlogged? Default: `FALSE`.

Creates array(s) from yourcast output. One array is created per geographic area. If there is one geographic area, an array is returned; else, a named list of arrays is returned. Each array is of size T (number of times) by A (number of ages) by 3, where the last dimension captures the type of data: y (observed values), yhat (predicted values), and comb (observed values in-sample and predicted values out-of-sample).

Konstantin Kashin kkashin@fas.harvard.edu.

http://gking.harvard.edu/yourcast

yourcast function and documentation (help(yourcast))

# Run Lee-Carter model for Figure 2.6 in Demographic Forecasting
data(chp.2.6.1)
ff.allc <- log(allc2/popu2) ~  time	
ylc.allc <- yourcast(formula=ff.allc, dataobj=chp.2.6.1, model="LC",
                       elim.collinear=FALSE,
                       sample.frame=c(1950,2000,2001,2060))
                       
yc.array <- array.yourcast(ylc.allc)
names(yc.array)

# predicted mortality rates (observed in-sample and predicted out-of-sample)
# for geographic area '4150'
yc.array[["4150"]][,,"comb"]