Estimating survival curves with left-truncated and interval-censored data under monotone hazards

Biometrics

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1053-1060

  Pan, Wei ^a   Chappell, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

EM algorithm; Gradient projection; Hazards; Monotone MLE; Nonparametric maximum likelihood estimate (NPMLE)

Indexed keywords

EYE PROTECTION; HAZARDS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

CENSORED DATA; EM ALGORITHMS; GRADIENT PROJECTION ALGORITHMS; GRADIENT PROJECTIONS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATOR; MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATE; MONOTONE MLE; NONPARAMETRIC MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATE; NONPARAMETRICS; SURVIVAL CURVES;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL TIME; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031705692     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2533856     Document Type: Article

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