On Bayesian estimation of the multiple decrement function in the competing risks problem

Statistics and Probability Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 75-83

  Neath, Andrew A ^a   Samaniego, Francisco J ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian updating; Dirichlet process; Efficacy; Multivariate exponential distribution; Nonidentifiability; Survival function

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030590922     PISSN: 01677152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7152(96)00016-8     Document Type: Article

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