Bayesian semiparametric frailty selection in multivariate event time data

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-185

  Cai, Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dirichlet process; MCMC; Multiple frailties; Stochastic search; Variable selection

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; MARKOV PROCESSES;

BAYESIAN; DIFFERENT CLASS; DIRICHLET PROCESS; MCMC; MULTIPLE CLUSTERS; MULTIPLE FRAILTY; SEMIPARAMETRIC; SPECIFIC CLASS; STOCHASTIC SEARCH; VARIABLES SELECTIONS;

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

EID: 77953284357     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200900079     Document Type: Article

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