Estimations of a threshold parameter in cox regression

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2329-2346

  Luo, Xiaolong ^a   Boyett, James M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Asymptotic theory; Change point inference; Cox regression model; Partial likelihood; Proportional hazards; Survival analysis; Threshold parameter

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ASYMPTOTIC THEORY; CHANGE POINT INFERENCE; COX REGRESSION MODEL; MAXIMUM PARTIAL LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARD REGRESSION MODEL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THRESHOLD PARAMETER;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031248814     PISSN: 03610926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610929708832051     Document Type: Article

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