A Two-Stage Estimator of the Dependence Parameter for the Clayton-Oakes Model

Lifetime Data Analysis

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 141-156

  Glidden, David V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clustered data; Frailty model; Multivariate failure time data

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034203535     PISSN: 13807870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009664011060     Document Type: Article

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