A semiparametric estimator of the bivariate distribution function for censored gap times

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 113-127

  De Uña álvarez, Jacobo ^a   Amorim, Ana Paula ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bivariate censoring; Kaplan Meier; Presmoothing; Recurrent events; Semiparametric censorship model

Indexed keywords

SAMPLING;

BIVARIATE; BIVARIATE CENSORING; BIVARIATE DISTRIBUTION; DISTRIBUTION-FUNCTIONS; GAP TIME; KAPLAN-MEIER; PRE-SMOOTHING; RECURRENT EVENTS; SEMIPARAMETRIC; SEMIPARAMETRIC CENSORSHIP MODEL;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

EID: 78851472302     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.201000063     Document Type: Article

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