Analysis of failure time using threshold regression with semi-parametric varying coefficients

Statistica Neerlandica

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 164-182

  Li, Jialiang ^a   Lee, Mei Ling Ting ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Inverse Gaussian distribution; Threshold regression; Varying coefficients model; Wiener process

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953801231     PISSN: 00390402     EISSN: 14679574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9574.2011.00481.x     Document Type: Article

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