Poisson log-likelihood

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mathematical expression

Available identifiers

MaRDI QIDQ6674483

log-likelihood function of a Poisson distribution, named after Siméon Denis Poisson

Defining Formula: $\log L=\sum _x[D(x)\log \mu (x)-E(x)\mu (x)]$

$D$ represents death count

$E$ represents exposure of an individual

$L$ represents likelihood function

$\mu$ represents risk of death

$x$ represents age of a person

Further items linking to Poisson log-likelihood

Item	Property
Gamma-Gompertz-Makeham model	contains
maximizing Poisson log-likelihood	contains

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