Modeling nonhomogeneous Markov processes via time transformation

Biometrics

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 843-850

  Hubbard, R A ^a   Inoue, L Y T ^a   Fann, J R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease progression; Multistate disease process; Nonhomogeneous Markov model; Panel data; Time transformation

Indexed keywords

LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; MARKOV PROCESSES; METADATA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; STEM CELLS;

DISEASE PROCESS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; MARKOV MODELING; MULTI-STATE; MULTISTATE DISEASE PROCESS; NON-HOMOGENEOUS; NON-HOMOGENEOUS MARKOV PROCESS; NONHOMOGENEOUS MARKOV MODEL; PANEL DATA; TIME TRANSFORMATION;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

ALGORITHM; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; MARKOV CHAIN; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; PANEL DATA;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DELIRIUM; DISEASE COURSE; FISHER EXACT TEST; GRAFT RECIPIENT; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; MORBIDITY; PROBABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TIME;

EID: 49749091134     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2007.00932.x     Document Type: Article

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