Semiparametric regression for the mean and rate functions of recurrent events

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 711-730

  Lin, D Y ^a,d   Wei, L J ^b   Yang, I ^e   Ying, Z ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Counting process; Empirical process; Intensity function; Martingale; Partial likelihood; Poisson process

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034353915     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9868.00259     Document Type: Article

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