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Table 1 Simulation results: RMSE \(\times \) 500 for estimated versus simulated entry and exit effects for various (SE)DLM specifications: the maximum lag L included and restrictions upon the lag structure

From: Simulation enhanced distributed lag models for mortality displacement

Maximum lag

10

20

10 p4

20 p4

40 p4

60 p4

10 bs5

20 bs5

40 bs5

60 bs5

60 bs10

Entry effect

DLM

4.11

2.79

4.15

2.59

2.85

5.01

4.14

2.55

3.07

5.27

1.91

SEDLM

1.62

1.20

1.61

1.13

0.98

1.00

1.61

1.13

0.99

1.03

0.93

Exit effect

SEDLM

0.34

0.33

0.35

0.36

0.63

0.92

0.35

0.38

0.70

0.97

0.36

Combined

SEDLM

1.65

1.24

1.65

1.19

1.16

1.36

1.65

1.19

1.21

1.41

1.00

  1. p4: polynomial of 4th degree. bs5 and bs10: cubic B-spline with five degrees of freedom, respectively ten. For compatibility between DLM and SEDLM, only points lying in the 30 × 30 inner squares were used