Flexible Maximum Likelihood Methods for Bivariate Proportional Hazards Models

Biometrics

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 837-848

  He, Wenqing ^a   Lawless, Jerald F ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clayton model; Copula; Cox model; Efficiency; Multivariate lifetimes; Piecewise constant hazards; Robustness; Spline functions

Indexed keywords

HAZARDS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

BIVARIATE; CLAYTON; CLAYTON MODEL; COPULA; COX MODEL; MULTIVARIATE LIFETIME; PIECEWISE CONSTANT HAZARD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARD MODELS; ROBUSTNESS; SPLINE FUNCTIONS;

EFFICIENCY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FLUOROURACIL; LEVAMISOLE;

MODEL;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLAYTON MODEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0347994082     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0006-341X.2003.00098.x     Document Type: Article

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