Likelihood ratio tests for a changepoint with survival data

Biometrika

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 555-565

  Luo, Xiaolong ^a   Turnbull, Bruce W ^b   Clark, Larry C ^c  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic theory; Changepoint inference; Clinical trial; Cox regression model; Kaplan Meier estimator; Lag effect; Partial likelihood; Proportional hazard; Survival analysis; Time dependent covariate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001333062     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/84.3.555     Document Type: Article

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