BayesMortalityPlus:Bayesian Mortality Modelling
Fit Bayesian graduation mortality using the Heligman-Pollard model, as seen in Heligman, L., & Pollard, J.
H. (1980) <doi:10.1017/S0020268100040257> and Dellaportas,
Petros, et al. (2001) <doi:10.1111/1467-985X.00202>, and
dynamic linear model (Campagnoli, P., Petris, G., and Petrone,
S. (2009) <doi:10.1007/b135794_2>). While Heligman-Pollard has
parameters with a straightforward interpretation yielding some
rich analysis, the dynamic linear model provides a very
flexible adjustment of the mortality curves by controlling the
discount factor value. Closing methods for both
Heligman-Pollard and dynamic linear model were also implemented
according to Dodd, Erengul, et al. (2018)
<https://www.jstor.org/stable/48547511>. The Bayesian
Lee-Carter model is also implemented to fit historical
mortality tables time series to predict the mortality in the
following years and to do improvement analysis, as seen in Lee,
R. D., & Carter, L. R. (1992)
<doi:10.1080/01621459.1992.10475265> and Pedroza, C. (2006)
<doi:10.1093/biostatistics/kxj024>.