Estimation in a Cox regression model with a change-point according to a threshold in a covariate

Annals of Statistics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 442-463

  Pons, Odile ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Asymptotic distribution; Change point; Cox regression model; Hazard function; Right censoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038026197     PISSN: 00905364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/aos/1051027876     Document Type: Article

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