Markov models of aging: Theory and practice

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 792-802

  Steinsaltz, David ^a   Mohan, Gurjinder ^a   Kolb, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Frailty models; Joint modeling; Markov models; Mutual information; Stochastic aging; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; LIFESPAN; MARKOV MODEL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SENESCENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

AGING; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84865793760     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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