Skew-normal/independent linear mixed models for censored responses with applications to HIV viral loads

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 405-425

  Bandyopadhyay, Dipankar ^a   Lachos, Victor H ^b   Castro, Luis M ^c   Dey, Dipak K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Detection limit; HIV viral load; Linear mixed models; Skew normal independent distribution

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; INFERENCE ENGINES; MARKOV PROCESSES;

BAYESIAN INFERENCE; DETECTION LIMITS; GAUSSIAN ASSUMPTION; HIV VIRAL LOADS; LINEAR MIXED MODELS; LINEAR MIXED-EFFECTS MODEL; MODEL-BASED OPC; SKEW NORMALS; SKEW-NORMAL/INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTION; VIRAL LOAD;

NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84862230773     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.201000173     Document Type: Article

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