Composite hazard functions reflecting competing latent processes

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 103-113

  Sæbø, Solve ^a   Almøy, Trygve ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Competing risks; Hidden cause of event; Inverse Gaussian distribution; Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC); Survival analysis; Wiener processes

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; HAZARDS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

COMPETING RISKS; HAZARD FUNCTION; HIDDEN CAUSE OF EVENT; INVERSE GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE-CARLO; PARAMETRIC MODELS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WIENER PROCESS;

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

EID: 12844284557     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200210004     Document Type: Article

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