A nonparametric two-sample test of the failure function with interval censoring case 2

Biometrika

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 677-686

  Zhang, Ying ^a,b   Liu, Wei ^a,b   Zhan, Yihui ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Parametric Technology Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic normality; Failure function; Interval censoring; Likelihood ratio test; Monte Carlo; Nonparametric maximum pseudolikelihood estimator

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347019339     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/88.3.677     Document Type: Article

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