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Whittaker-Henderson graduation: a standalone construct

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Actuarial science

smoothing crude mortality rates by minimizing a weighted sum of fitting error and roughness measured by finite differences.

In actuarial science, Whittaker-Henderson graduation refers to smoothing crude mortality rates by minimizing a weighted sum of fitting error and roughness measured by finite differences. This meaning comes from Whittaker (1922) in Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society.[1]

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References

Whittaker, E. T. (1922). On a New Method of Graduation. Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, 41, 63-75. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0013091500077853

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