Mixture modelling of recurrent event times with long-term survivors: Analysis of Hutterite birth intervals

Statistical Methods and Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 257-272

  McDonald, John W ^a   Rosina, Alessandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Discrete time survival model; Long term survivors; Mixture model; Multivariate survival data; Recurrent events

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749642890     PISSN: 16182510     EISSN: 1613981X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02511651     Document Type: Article

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