Detecting multiple change points in piecewise constant hazard functions

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2523-2532

  Goodman, Melody S ^a,d   Li, Yi ^b   Tiwari, Ram C ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Change points; Hazard function; Piecewise constant; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960892854     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: 13600532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02664763.2011.559209     Document Type: Article

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