Maximum likelihood estimation for the proportional hazards model with partly interval-censored data

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 489-502

  Kim, Jong S ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infinite dimensional nuisance parameter; Interval censored data; Proportional hazards model; Variance estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038784019     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9868.00398     Document Type: Article

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