An Akaike information criterion for multiple event mixture cure models

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 241, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 449-457

  Dirick, Lore ^a   Claeskens, Gerda ^a   Baesens, Bart ^b  

^a Katholieke Universiteit Leuven   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Akaike information criterion; Competing risks; EM algorithm; Mixture cure model; Model selection

Indexed keywords

CURING; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; COMPETING RISKS; EM ALGORITHMS; MIXTURE CURE MODEL; MODEL SELECTION;

MIXTURES;

EID: 84911002386     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2014.08.038     Document Type: Article

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