Nonparametric estimation for censored lifetimes suffering from unknown selection bias

Mathematical Methods of Statistics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 202-216

  Guilloux, A ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

counting process; exponential bound; martingale; nonparametric inference; right censored data; selection bias; weak convergence of processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249181986     PISSN: 10665307     EISSN: 19348045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3103/S1066530707030027     Document Type: Article

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