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| Interpolated Marlov Chain (IMaCh program)
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Interpolated Marlov Chain (IMaCh program)
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| This program is GPL licensed for the part the code that we wrote at
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This program is GPL licensed for the part the code that we wrote at
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| INED. But currently (version 0.97b may 2004) maximization routines use
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INED. But currently (version 0.98b January 2006) maximization routines use
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| a modified version of the patented routines from "Numerical Recipes in
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a modified version of the patented routines from "Numerical Recipes in
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| C". If you have the right to use the sources of their software you can
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C". If you have the right to use the sources of their software you can
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| get access to the source code and to the CVS tree of IMaCh.
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get access to the source code and to the CVS tree of IMaCh.
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Line 9 get access to the source code and to the
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| The program estimates Health Expectancies from Cross-longitudinal
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The program estimates Health Expectancies from Cross-longitudinal
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studies.
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| The main publication is Lievre, A. Brouard. N, Heathcote
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The main publication is Lievre, A. Brouard. N, Heathcote
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| Ch. Estimating Health Expectancies from Corss-longitudinal surveys,
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Ch. Estimating Health Expectancies from Cross-longitudinal surveys,
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| Mathematical Population Studies, 10(1), 2003, pp. 1-52.
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Mathematical Population Studies, 10(1), 2003, pp. 1-52.
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| To be brief, for each people interviewed we have the age and health
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To be brief, for each people interviewed we need the age and health
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| states at each interview. Also the month of death is known. We model
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status at each interview. Also the month and year of death should be
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| the probability to be observed in any state at any age via a
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known as for birth. We model the probability to be observed in any
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| parametric model and estimate the parameters and their confidence interval
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state at any age via a parametric model and estimate the parameters
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| by maximum likelihood, many tables and graphs are output in
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and their confidence interval by maximum likelihood. Many tables and
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| HTML. Graphs are built using gnuplot.
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graphs are output in HTML. Graphs are built using gnuplot.
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| In the Windows version, gnuplot is also distributed. Version 4 is out
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In the Windows version, gnuplot is also distributed. Version 4 of
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| since early 2004 and is used by latest version of Imach (at least
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gnuplot is out since early 2004 and is used by latest version of Imach
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| version 0.38i is required).
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(at least version 0.38i of gnuplot is required). IMaCh is supposed to work on
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| IMaCh is supposed to work on Linux, MacIntosh and Windows (9X or
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Linux, Unix, MacIntosh (Panther, Tiger) and Windows (9X or NT/XP).
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| NT/XP).
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WINDOWS
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| On Windows it is distributed via a setup file (no more a zip file). As
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On Windows it is distributed via a setup file (no more a zip file). As
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| usual you can put the 'imach' directory in Program Files or
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usual, you can put the 'imach' directory in Program Files or
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| wherever. The directory contains at least 2 directories, 'bin' for the
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wherever. The directory contains at least 2 directories, 'bin' for the
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| binaries which are imach.exe and gnuplot.exe, doc for some of the
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binaries which are imach.exe and gnuplot.exe, doc for some of the
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| documentation, and 'mytry' in order to test the program on a parameter
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documentation, and 'mytry' in order to test the program on a parameter
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Line 66 You may subscribe to imach-users@listes.
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Line 65 You may subscribe to imach-users@listes.
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| imach-users-subscribe@listes.ined.fr and you can unsubscribe with a
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imach-users-subscribe@listes.ined.fr and you can unsubscribe with a
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| mail to imach-users-unsubscribe@listes.ined.fr .
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mail to imach-users-unsubscribe@listes.ined.fr .
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Other comments are included on the Wiki server
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http://euroreves.ined.fr/imach/wiki, please use it ask questions too.
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| Nicolas Brouard (brouard at ined point fr)
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Nicolas Brouard (brouard at ined point fr)
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| Agnès Lièvre (lievre chez ined dot fr)
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Agnès Lièvre (lievre chez ined dot fr)
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| Christopher Heathcote
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Christopher Heathcote
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