The survival function: an approximation using cubic splines

Author

Gilbert C. Foliente

Date

5-1994

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture

College

College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Ricolindo Cariño

Abstract

The survival function, s(x), was approximated using cubic splines and the data from the commissioners 1958 standard ordinary and the 1973-78 Philippine Intercompany Mortality tables. An implementation of a program of this method produced 99 approximations for the coefficients y’₁,…,y’₉₉ of the cubic spline

The results of the comparison, which is based on the errors and the number of floating point operators, indicated that the approximation is better than previous approximations made for S(x).

Language

English

Location

UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section (USCS)

Call Number

Thesis

Recommended Citation

Foliente, Gilbert C., "The survival function: an approximation using cubic splines" (1994). Undergraduate Theses. 9824.
https://www.ukdr.uplb.edu.ph/etd-undergrad/9824

Document Type

Thesis