Bayesian cure rate frailty models with application to a root canal therapy study

Biometrics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 552-558

  Yin, Guosheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Cure fraction; Frailty model; Gibbs sampling; Multivariate failure time data; Proportional hazards

Indexed keywords

CURING; HAZARDS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; INFERENCE ENGINES;

BAYESIAN INFERENCE; CURE FRACTIONS; CURE RATE; FAILURE TIME DATA; FRAILTY MODELS; GIBBS SAMPLING; MULTIVARIATE FAILURE TIME DATA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS; ROOT CANAL THERAPY; SURVIVAL DATA;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; MEDICINE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENDODONTICS; HAZARD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MODEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SURVIVAL; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH ROOT CANAL;

EID: 20744434828     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2005.040336.x     Document Type: Review

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