An Exact Corrected Log-Likelihood Function for Cox's Proportional Hazards Model under Measurement Error and Some Extensions

Scandinavian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-50

  Augustin, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corrected log likelihood; Corrected score function; Cox model; Error in variables; Measurement error; Proportional hazards models

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542327693     PISSN: 03036898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9469.2004.00371.x     Document Type: Article

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