Bayesian variable selection method for censored survival data

Biometrics

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1475-1485

  Faraggi, David ^a   Simon, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Censored data; Missing data; Proportional hazards model; Subset model; Variable selection

Indexed keywords

RISK PERCEPTION;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BAYESIAN VARIABLE SELECTION; CENSORED DATA; COVARIATES; MISSING DATA; PARSIMONIOUS MODELLING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARD MODELS; SUBSET MODEL; VARIABLE SELECTION METHODS; VARIABLES SELECTIONS;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

PENICILLAMINE; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032442458     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2533672     Document Type: Article

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