Nonparametric estimators of the bivariate survival function under simplified censoring conditions

Biometrika

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 863-880

  Wang, Weijing ^a   Wells, Martin T ^b  

^a ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Archimedean copula; Bivariate failure time data; Independent censoring; Marginal modelling; Univariate censoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038524922     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/84.4.863     Document Type: Article

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