A new Bayes estimate of the change point in the hazard function

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2993-3001

  Sertkaya Karasoy, Durdu ^a   Kadilar, Cem ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bayesian estimator; Change point; Constant hazard; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUNCTION EVALUATION; GRAPHIC METHODS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TUMORS;

BAYESIAN ESTIMATORS; BREAST CANCER; HAZARD FUNCTIONS; LYMPHOMA;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 33846561219     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2006.07.007     Document Type: Article

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