Nonparametric predictive inference for grouped lifetime data

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 243-252

  Coolen, F P A ^a   Yan, K J ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Censored data; Life tables; Nonparametrics; Prediction; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY;

NONPARAMETRIC PREDICTIVE INFERENCES;

DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 0037409690     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(03)00033-4     Document Type: Article

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