An adjustment to improve the bivariate survivor function repaired NPMLE

Lifetime Data Analysis

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 291-307

  Moodie, F Zoe ^a   Prentic, Ross L ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Bivariate survival analysis; Censored data; Maximum likelihood; Nonparametric estimation

Indexed keywords

NONPARAMETRIC TEST; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 24144498452     PISSN: 13807870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10985-005-2964-9     Document Type: Review

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