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A note on life table and multiple-decrement table functions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2012

W. F. Scott
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Abstract

This note considers the mortality table functions, and shows that the usual formulae hold under less restrictive assumptions than those usually made. The foundations of the theory of multiple-decrement tables are also considered, in the context of probability theory.

Keywords

Life TablesDecrement Tables
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Other
Information
Journal of the Institute of Actuaries , Volume 117 , Issue 3 , December 1990 , pp. 671 - 675
Copyright
Copyright © Institute and Faculty of Actuaries 1990

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