Frequentist and Bayesian approaches for interval-censored data

Statistical Papers

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 139-173

  Gómez, Guadalupe ^a   Calle, M Luz ^b   Oller, Ramon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIC CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF CATALONIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

AIDS; Bayesian inference; Hypothesis testing; Interval censoring; Nonparametric methods; Permutational tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642602832     PISSN: 09325026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02777221     Document Type: Review

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