Intrinsic Priors for Model Selection Using an Encompassing Model with Applications to Censored Failure Time Data

Lifetime Data Analysis

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 251-269

  Kim, Seong W ^a   Sun, Dongchu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Censored survival data; Encompassing model; Intrinsic Bayes factor; Intrinsic priors; Noninformative priors; Power law process

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; TIME;

BAYES THEOREM; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034268531     PISSN: 13807870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009641709382     Document Type: Article

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