MortSmooth_tpower {ungroup} | R Documentation |
Truncated p-th Power Function
Description
This is an internal function of package MortalitySmooth which constructs a truncated p-th power function along an abscissa within the function MortSmooth_bbase
Usage
MortSmooth_tpower(x, tt, p)
Arguments
x |
for the abscissa of data; |
tt |
vector of truncation points; |
p |
degree of the power |
Details
Internal function used in MortSmooth_bbase. The vector t contains the knots. The simplest system of truncated power functions uses p = 0 and it consists of step functions with jumps of size 1 at the truncation points t.
Author(s)
Carlo G Camarda
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