Identification of a competing risks model with unknown transformations of latent failure times

Biometrika

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 996-1002

  Lee, Sokbae ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competing risks model; Identification; Transformation model

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845760896     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: 14643510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/93.4.996     Document Type: Article

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