Limitations of gompertz law, and alternative models for analyzing life data

• Main Authors: Kwek, Ee Ling, Law, Lifun, Ma, Ning
• Other Authors: Balasooriya, Uditha
• Format: Final Year Project
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business::Finance::Actuarial science
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/10292
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This project presents a quantitative approach to disprove Gompertz Law in Mortality Studies and two alternative mathematical models (Lagrange Polynomial Model and B-Spline Model) for better mortality fitting.