Semiparametric likelihood estimation in the Clayton-Oakes failure time model

Scandinavian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 363-372

  Glidden, David V ^a   Self, S G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California ^*

Author keywords

Frailty model; Multivariate failure time; Non parametric maximum likelihood

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033244555     PISSN: 03036898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9469.00154     Document Type: Article

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