R: Simulation of Populations by Sampling Waiting-Time Distributions

# Simulation of Populations by Sampling Waiting-Time Distributions

## Documentation for package ‘VirtualPop’ version 2.1.0

- DESCRIPTION file
- User guides, package vignettes and other documentation
- Package NEWS

## Help Pages

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