A Bayesian non-parametric approach to survival analysis using Polya trees

Scandinavian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 331-340

  Muliere, Pietro ^b   Walker, Stephen ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Imperial College ^*

Author keywords

Polya trees; Right censored data; Survival curve

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031501367     PISSN: 03036898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9469.00067     Document Type: Article

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