A Spline-Based Semiparametric Maximum Likelihood Estimation Method for the Cox Model with Interval-Censored Data

Scandinavian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 338-354

  Zhang, Ying ^a   Hua, Lei ^a   Huang, Jian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consistent variance estimation; Convergence rate; Efficient estimation; Empirical processes; Monotonicity constraints; Sieve semiparametric model

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954004758     PISSN: 03036898     EISSN: 14679469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9469.2009.00680.x     Document Type: Article

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