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Financial and Actuarial Mathematics for Life Contingencies

v1.4.4 · Nov 27, 2025 · MIT + file LICENSE
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Classes and methods that allow the user to manage life table, actuarial tables (also multiple decrements tables). Moreover, functions to easily perform demographic, financial and actuarial mathematics on life contingencies insurances calculations are contained therein. See Spedicato (2013) <doi:10.18637/jss.v055.i10>.

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--- re-building ‘an_introduction_to_lifecontingencies_package.Rnw’ using Sweave
Package:  lifecontingencies
Authors:  Giorgio Alfredo Spedicato [aut, cre] (ORCID:
    <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0315-8888>),
  Christophe Dutang [ctb] (ORCID:
    <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6732-1501>),
  Reinhold Kainhofer [ctb] (ORCID:
    <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7895-1311>),
  Kevin J Owens [ctb],
  Ernesto Schirmacher [ctb],
  Gian Paolo Clemente [ctb] (ORCID:
    <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6795-4595>),
  Ivan Williams [ctb]
Version:  1.4.4
Date:     2025-11-27 22:40:02 UTC
BugReport: https://github.com/spedygiorgio/lifecontingencies/issues

Loading required package: markovchain
Loading required package: Matrix
Package:  markovchain
Version:  0.10.0
Date:     2024-11-14 00:00:02 UTC
BugReport: https://github.com/spedygiorgio/markovchain/issues

Loading required package: parallel
Error: processing vignette 'an_introduction_to_lifecontingencies_package.Rnw' failed with diagnostics:
Running 'texi2dvi' on 'an_introduction_to_lifecontingencies_package.tex' failed.
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! Package pict2e Error: Driver file ``p2e-pdftex.def'' not found.

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--- failed re-building 'an_introduction_to_lifecontingencies_package.Rnw'

--- re-building ‘mortality_projection.Rnw’ using Sweave
Loading required package: forecast
This is demography 2.0.1 

Package:  lifecontingencies
Authors:  Giorgio Alfredo Spedicato [aut, cre] (ORCID:
    <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0315-8888>),
  Christophe Dutang [ctb] (ORCID:
    <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6732-1501>),
  Reinhold Kainhofer [ctb] (ORCID:
    <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7895-1311>),
  Kevin J Owens [ctb],
  Ernesto Schirmacher [ctb],
  Gian Paolo Clemente [ctb] (ORCID:
    <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6795-4595>),
  Ivan Williams [ctb]
Version:  1.4.4
Date:     2025-11-27 22:40:02 UTC
BugReport: https://github.com/spedygiorgio/lifecontingencies/issues

Loading required package: StMoMo
Loading required package: gnm
Error: processing vignette 'mortality_projection.Rnw' failed with diagnostics:
Running 'texi2dvi' on 'mortality_projection.tex' failed.
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! Package pict2e Error: Driver file ``p2e-pdftex.def'' not found.

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SUMMARY: processing the following files failed:
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--- re-building ‘an_introduction_to_lifecontingencies_package.Rnw’ using Sweave
Package:  lifecontingencies
Authors:  Giorgio Alfredo Spedicato [aut, cre] (ORCID:
    <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0315-8888>),
  Christophe Dutang [ctb] (ORCID:
    <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6732-1501>),
  Reinhold Kainhofer [ctb] (ORCID:
    <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7895-1311>),
  Kevin J Owens [ctb],
  Ernesto Schirmacher [ctb],
  Gian Paolo Clemente [ctb] (ORCID:
    <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6795-4595>),
  Ivan Williams [ctb]
Version:  1.4.4
Date:     2025-11-27 22:40:02 UTC
BugReport: https://github.com/spedygiorgio/lifecontingencies/issues

Loading required package: markovchain
Loading required package: Matrix
Package:  markovchain
Version:  0.10.0
Date:     2024-11-14 00:00:02 UTC
BugReport: https://github.com/spedygiorgio/markovchain/issues

Loading required package: parallel
Error: processing vignette 'an_introduction_to_lifecontingencies_package.Rnw' failed with diagnostics:
Running 'texi2dvi' on 'an_introduction_to_lifecontingencies_package.tex' failed.
LaTeX errors:
! Package pict2e Error: Driver file ``p2e-pdftex.def'' not found.

See the pict2e package documentation for explanation.
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
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l.125 ... Is the file properly installed? A: No!}}
                                                  
!  ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
--- failed re-building 'an_introduction_to_lifecontingencies_package.Rnw'

--- re-building ‘mortality_projection.Rnw’ using Sweave
Loading required package: forecast
This is demography 2.0.1 

Package:  lifecontingencies
Authors:  Giorgio Alfredo Spedicato [aut, cre] (ORCID:
    <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0315-8888>),
  Christophe Dutang [ctb] (ORCID:
    <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6732-1501>),
  Reinhold Kainhofer [ctb] (ORCID:
    <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7895-1311>),
  Kevin J Owens [ctb],
  Ernesto Schirmacher [ctb],
  Gian Paolo Clemente [ctb] (ORCID:
    <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6795-4595>),
  Ivan Williams [ctb]
Version:  1.4.4
Date:     2025-11-27 22:40:02 UTC
BugReport: https://github.com/spedygiorgio/lifecontingencies/issues

Loading required package: StMoMo
Loading required package: gnm
Error: processing vignette 'mortality_projection.Rnw' failed with diagnostics:
Running 'texi2dvi' on 'mortality_projection.tex' failed.
LaTeX errors:
! Package pict2e Error: Driver file ``p2e-pdftex.def'' not found.

See the pict2e package documentation for explanation.
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
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! Emergency stop.
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l.125 ... Is the file properly installed? A: No!}}
                                                  
!  ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
--- failed re-building ‘mortality_projection.Rnw’

--- re-building ‘PensionPlanVal.Rmd’ using rmarkdown
2025-12-01 10:27:53.317 R[79317:1195334] XType: Using static font registry.
--- finished re-building ‘PensionPlanVal.Rmd’

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--- re-building ‘pensionfunding.Rmd’ using rmarkdown
2025-12-01 10:27:56.128 R[80116:1196779] XType: Using static font registry.
--- finished re-building ‘pensionfunding.Rmd’

SUMMARY: processing the following files failed:
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--- re-building ‘an_introduction_to_lifecontingencies_package.Rnw’ using Sweave
Package:  lifecontingencies
Authors:  Giorgio Alfredo Spedicato [aut, cre] (ORCID:
    <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0315-8888>),
  Christophe Dutang [ctb] (ORCID:
    <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6732-1501>),
  Reinhold Kainhofer [ctb] (ORCID:
    <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7895-1311>),
  Kevin J Owens [ctb],
  Ernesto Schirmacher [ctb],
  Gian Paolo Clemente [ctb] (ORCID:
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--- re-building ‘an_introduction_to_lifecontingencies_package.Rnw’ using Sweave
Package:  lifecontingencies
Authors:  Giorgio Alfredo Spedicato [aut, cre] (ORCID:
    <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0315-8888>),
  Christophe Dutang [ctb] (ORCID:
    <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6732-1501>),
  Reinhold Kainhofer [ctb] (ORCID:
    <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7895-1311>),
  Kevin J Owens [ctb],
  Ernesto Schirmacher [ctb],
  Gian Paolo Clemente [ctb] (ORCID:
    <ht

              

            

          

        

      


      

      
      

        
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