Book Chapter

A mate-matching algorithm for continuous-time microsimulation models

Zinn, S.
In: EUROSTAT (Ed.): Work session on demographic projections: Lisbon, 28-30 April 2010, 491–509
Population and social conditions: methodologies and working papers -
Luxembourg, Publications Office of the European Union (2010)

Abstract

In this paper we present a mate-matching algorithm that overcomes the difficulty related to the timing of the marriage events in closed continuous-time microsimulation models.
Keywords: mate matching, microsimulation
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