Maximum likelihood estimation of life-span based on censored and passively registered historical data

Lifetime Data Analysis

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-56

  Jonker, M A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consistency; Historical data; Maximum likelihood estimation; Numerical algorithms; Right censoring; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MALE; MORTALITY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALGORITHMS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY;

EID: 0037364487     PISSN: 13807870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021873905418     Document Type: Article

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