Efficient estimation in the bivariate censoring model and repairing NPMLE

Annals of Statistics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 596-627

  Van Der Laan, Mark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bivariate censorship; Efficiency; Self consistency equations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030520059     PISSN: 00905364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/aos/1032894454     Document Type: Article

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