Regression trees for survival data - An approach to select discontinuous split points by rank statistics

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 943-954

  Schlittgen, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

AIDS; Exact P value; Maximally selected rank statistic; Regression tree; Survival analysis; adjustment

Indexed keywords

STATISTICAL TESTS; STATISTICS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

AIDS; COVARIATES; EXACT P-VALUE; MAXIMALLY SELECTED RANK STATISTIC; P-VALUES; RANK STATISTICS; REGRESSION TREES; SPLIT POINTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; Α-ADJUSTMENT;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033273293     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4036(199912)41:8<943::AID-BIMJ943>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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