Tree-augmented Cox proportional hazards models

Biostatistics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 486-499

  Su, Xiaogang ^a   Tsai, Chih Ling ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

BIC; Censored survival times; Cox proportional hazards models; Survival trees

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

BIOMETRY; CALIFORNIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 26644459261     PISSN: 14654644     EISSN: 14684357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biostatistics/kxi024     Document Type: Article

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