Bayesian nonparametric estimation in a series system or a competing-risks model

Journal of Nonparametric Statistics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 449-458

  Salinas Torres, Victor H ^a   Pereira, Carlos A B ^b   Tiwari, Ram C ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative hazard rate; Dirichlet multivariate processes; Dirichlet processes; Product integration; Randomly censored data

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036705238     PISSN: 10485252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10485250213114     Document Type: Article

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