Simulation of Populations by Sampling Waiting-Time Distributions

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Documentation for package ‘VirtualPop’ version 2.1.0

• DESCRIPTION file.
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BuildViP	Builds a Virtual Population in a Single Step
Children	Generates Individual Fertility Histories
dLH	Individual fertility histories based on period data and in the presence of mortality (USA 2021)
e0	Mean Ages at Death and Probabilities of Surviving to Selected Ages, by Sex
GetData	Reads Data from the HMD and HFD into R
GetGenerations	Builds a Multi-Generation Virtual Population from demographic parameters
GetRates	Retrieves Period Mortality and Fertility Rates from HMD and HFD for a Selected Country and Selected Year
GetRatesC	Retrieves Cohort Data from the HMD and HFD and Obtains Cohort Rates
H_pw	Computes Cumulative Hazard at Duration t under a Piecewise Exponential Model
Lifespan	Generates Individual Lifespan(s)
PartnerSearch	Simple Partner Search Simulation
pw_root	The Function for which the Root is Sought.
r.pw_exp	Draws Waiting Times from a Piecewise-Exponential Distribution.
rates	Period rates
ratesC	Cohort rates
Sim_bio	Generic Function to Generate Single Life History