Bayesian analysis of an inverse Gaussian correlated frailty model

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 5317-5326

  Kheiri, Soleiman ^a   Kimber, Alan ^b   Reza Meshkani, Mohammad ^c  

^a SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Continuous mixture distribution; Frailty; Inverse Gaussian distribution; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Proportional hazards; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DATA STRUCTURES; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

CONTINUOUS MIXTURE DISTRIBUTION; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

EID: 34247885954     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2006.09.026     Document Type: Article

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