Non-parametric hazard function estimation using the Kaplan-Meier estimator

Journal of Nonparametric Statistics

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 937-948

  Kim, Choongrak ^a   Bae, Whasoo ^b   Choi, Hyemi ^c   Park, Byeong ^d  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Inje University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bandwidth; Kaplan Meier estimator; Kernel smoothing

Indexed keywords

EID: 30344489032     PISSN: 10485252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10485250500337138     Document Type: Article

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