Discrete-time nonparametric estimation for semi-Markov models of chain- of-events data subject to interval censoring and truncation

Biometrics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 514-522

  Sternberg, Maya R ^a   Satten, Glen A ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Chain of events data; EM algorithm; HIV AIDS; Interval censoring; Multistage model; Self consistent estimator; Semi Markov assumption; Truncation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; DISEASES; MARKOV PROCESSES;

CHAIN-OF-EVENT DATA; CONSISTENT ESTIMATORS; EM ALGORITHMS; HIV/AIDS; INTERVAL CENSORING; MARKOV ASSUMPTIONS; MULTI STAGE MODELING; SELF-CONSISTENT ESTIMATOR; SEMI-MARKOV; SEMI-MARKOV ASSUMPTION; TRUNCATION;

CHAINS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CALCULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; SURVIVAL;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0032968576     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0006-341X.1999.00514.x     Document Type: Article

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