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P-spline

\pi\-spline\

P-splines are a mathematical tool which are used to analyze and extrapolate trends in historical mortality.

In practice the P-spline approach tends to be very good at giving a close fit to historic trends but tends to be largely determined by the most recent trends when extrapolating into the future.

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