addDetails function

Depending on the chosen mortality law, additional details need to be specified in order to be able to fit the models taking into account it's particularities.

addDetails(law, custom.law = NULL, parS = NULL)

Arguments

• law: The name of the mortality law/model to be used. e.g. gompertz, makeham, ... To investigate all the possible options, see availableLaws function.
• custom.law: Allows you to fit a model that is not defined in the package. Accepts as input a function.
• parS: Starting parameters used in the optimization process (optional).

Returns

A list of model specifications