Empirical transition matrix of multi-state models: The etm package

Journal of Statistical Software

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1-15

  Allignol, Arthur ^a   Schumacher, Martin ^a   Beyersmann, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aalen Johansen estimator; Competing risks; Covariance matrix; Current leukaemia free survival; R

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952983541     PISSN: 15487660     EISSN: 15487660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18637/jss.v038.i04     Document Type: Article

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