Forecasting Mortality Rate by Singular Spectrum Analysis

Singular spectrum analysis (SSA) is a relatively new and powerful non-parametric time series analysis technique that has demonstrated its capability in forecasting different time series in various disciplines. In this paper, we study the feasibility of using the SSA to perform mortality forecasts....

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Main Authors: Rahim Mahmoudvand, Fatemeh Alehosseini, Paulo Canas Rodrigues
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Estatística | Statistics Portugal 2015-11-01
Series:Revstat Statistical Journal
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Online Access:https://revstat.ine.pt/index.php/REVSTAT/article/view/171