Properties of estimators of baseline hazard functions in a semiparametric cure model

Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 647-674

  Sugimoto, Tomoyuki ^a   Hamasaki, Toshimitsu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymptotic property; Cox model; Fredholm integral equation; Logistic model; Nonparametric baseline hazard; Volterra integral equation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LOGISTICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

ASYMPTOTIC PROPERTY; COX MODELS; FREDHOLM INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NONPARAMETRIC BASELINE HAZARDS; VOLTERRA INTEGRAL EQUATIONS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 33845343572     PISSN: 00203157     EISSN: 15729052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10463-006-0041-0     Document Type: Article

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