Constant hazard function models with a change point: A Bayesian analysis using Markov chain Monte Carlo methods

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 543-555

  Achcar, Jorge Alberto ^a   Loibel, Selene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Change point; Constant hazard; Gibbs sampling; Metropolis algorithm

Indexed keywords

HAZARDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CHANGE-POINTS; CONSTANT HAZARD; FUNCTION MODELLING; GIBBS SAMPLING; HAZARD FUNCTION; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO METHOD; METROPOLIS ALGORITHMS; PRIOR DENSITIES; SURVIVAL DATA;

MARKOV PROCESSES;

EID: 0032331556     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4036(199809)40:5<543::AID-BIMJ543>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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