Asymptotic properties of the GMLE in the case 1 interval-censorship model with discrete inspection times

Canadian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 619-627

  Yu, Qiqing ^a   Schick, Anton ^a   Li, Linxiong ^a   Wong, George Y C ^a  

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Author keywords

Asymptotic normality and efficiency; Consistency; Nonparametric maximum likelihood estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032216918     PISSN: 03195724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3315721     Document Type: Article

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