Model checks for Cox-type regression models based on optimally weighted martingale residuals

Lifetime Data Analysis

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 534-557

  Gandy, Axel ^a   Jensen, Uwe ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cox regression; Goodness of fit; Martingale residuals; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; HUMAN; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SURVIVAL;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 70450263575     PISSN: 13807870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10985-009-9121-9     Document Type: Article

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