Empirical likelihood inference for the cox model with time-dependent coefficients via local partial likelihood

Scandinavian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 444-462

  Sun, Yanqing ^a   Sundaram, Rajeshwari ^b   Zhao, Yichuan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical likelihood; Empirical processes; Gaussian multiplier calibration; Local partial likelihood; Pointwise and simultaneous confidence regions bands; Proportional hazards model; Strong approximations

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949114160     PISSN: 03036898     EISSN: 14679469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9469.2008.00634.x     Document Type: Article

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