Generalized nonparametric test procedures for comparing multiple cause-specific hazard rates

Journal of Nonparametric Statistics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 171-207

  Sun, Yanqing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Competing risks model; Distribution free test; Monte carlo method; Right censored data; Weak convergence; Weight function

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000738896     PISSN: 10485252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10485250108832849     Document Type: Article

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