Modelling the joint distribution of competing risks survival times using copula functions

Insurance: Mathematics and Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 339-361

  Kaishev, Vladimir K ^a   Dimitrova, Dimitrina S ^a   Haberman, Steven ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Copulas; Dependent competing risk model; Disease elimination; Failure times; Overall survival function; Spline function

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348864397     PISSN: 01676687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.insmatheco.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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