A Parametric Estimation Procedure for Relapse Time Distributions

Lifetime Data Analysis

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 113-132

  Åhlström, Liselotte ^a   Olsson, Marita ^b   Nerman, Olle ^b  

^a ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Em algorithm; Interval censoring; Markov model; Phase type distribution; Relapse clinical trial

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PROBABILITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; ULCER;

ALGORITHMS; CLINICAL TRIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS; ULCER;

EID: 0033144561     PISSN: 13807870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009697311405     Document Type: Article

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