Predicting Survival Probabilities with Semiparametric Transformation Models

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 92, Issue 437, 1997, Pages 227-235

  Cheng, S C ^a   Wei, L J ^b   Ying, Z ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gaussian process; Martingale; Proportional hazards model; Proportional odds model; Weak convergence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031475524     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1997.10473620     Document Type: Article

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