Reply to Dr. Al- Youse! Comment on: A Stochostic Approach to the Estimation of the Number of Survi-vals at Each Age[l]

Dr. M.F. Abou EI-Fetouh2025-01-0501/01/1989https://direct.ksu.edu.sa/handle/ksu-press/3446We begin with the point that some studies of the number of survivals at each age, has approached the problem assuming it to be deterministic phenomenon as rep-resented by Makeham's law. Dr. Al-Yousef has treated the problem in his paper entitled "The analytical adjustment of life tables"[2] by using deterministic model to represent the stochastic phenomenon of birth and death. How can we use a mathematical expression for a random process!. This is questionable and wrong. Dr. Al-Yousef has failed to take into account the random element explicit in his model. He considered the number of survivals at each age as a mathematical and not a ran-dom variable.Reply to Dr. Al- Youse! Comment on: A Stochostic Approach to the Estimation of the Number of Survi-vals at Each Age[l]Journal Article1691https://ksupress.ksu.edu.sa/Ar/Lists/JournalAricle/DispForm.aspx?ID=1691