Optimal Composite Markers for Time-Dependent Receiver Operating Characteristic Curves with Censored Survival Data

Scandinavian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 664-679

  Hung, Hung ^a   Chiang, Chin Tsang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Area under the ROC curve (AUC); Censoring; Extended generalized linear model; Gaussian process; Non parametric estimator; Optimal composite marker; Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve; Survival; Time varying coefficient; Vital status

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349239663     PISSN: 03036898     EISSN: 14679469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9469.2009.00683.x     Document Type: Article

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