Predictive comparison of joint longitudinal-survival modeling: A case study illustrating competing approaches

Lifetime Data Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-28

  Hanson, Timothy E ^a   Branscum, Adam J ^b   Johnson, Wesley O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c Ringgold Standard Institution Informatics   (United States)

Author keywords

Mixture of Polya trees; Model selection; Predictive inference; Survival analysis; Time dependent covariates

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY; METHODOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIOMETRY; CERATITIS CAPITATA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 78651458676     PISSN: 13807870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10985-010-9162-0     Document Type: Article

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