Accelerated life regression modelling of dependent bivariate time-to-event data

Canadian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 449-464

  Choi, Yun Hee ^a   Matthews, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accelerated life regression modelling; Archimedean copula; Bivariate dependence; Frailty

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744530421     PISSN: 03195724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjs.5540330309     Document Type: Conference Paper

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