Internal function for generating starting values for the Gompertz model if
the starting age is not 15 years. Not run if the minimum age is actually 15.
The original formula derives from Sasaki and Kondo 2016.
Usage
gomp.a0(sampling = 1e+05, b_min = 0.02, b_max = 0.1, minimum_age = 15)
Arguments
- sampling
integer. Number of sampling steps. Default: 100000.
- b_min
numeric. Minimum of Gompertz \(\beta\) parameter. Default: 0.02.
- b_max
numeric. Maximum of Gompertz \(\beta\) parameter. Default: 0.1.
- minimum_age
numeric. Minimum age in years. Default: 15.
Value
A vector with coefficients for generating \(\alpha\) from
\(\beta\), the parameters of the Gompertz function.
References
Sasaki T, Kondo O (2016).
“An informative prior probability distribution of the gompertz parameters for bayesian approaches in paleodemography.”
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 159(3), 523–533.
