A Markov chain Monte Carlo EM algorithm for analyzing interval-censored data under the Cox proportional hazards model

Biometrics

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1498-1507

  Goggins, William B ^a   Finkelstein, Dianne M ^a,b   Schoenfeld, David A ^b   Zaslavsky, Alan M ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; HIV; Missing data; Rank based inference; Survival

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; HAZARDS; INFERENCE ENGINES; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

CANCER; CENSORED DATA; COX PROPORTIONAL HAZARD MODEL; HIV; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE-CARLO; MISSING DATA; MONTE CARLO EM ALGORITHM; RANK-BASED INFERENCE; SURVIVAL;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH HAZARD; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032430417     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2533674     Document Type: Article

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