Understanding the shape of the hazard rate: A process point of view

Statistical Science

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-14

  Aalen, Odd O ^a   Gjessing, Håkon K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

First passage time; Hazard rate; Markov chain; Quasistationary distribution; Survival analysis; Wiener process

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038447790     PISSN: 08834237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/ss/998929473     Document Type: Article

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