Parametric and Semiparametric Models with Applications to Reliability, Survival Analysis, and Quality of Life (Statistics for Industry and Technology)
Contributors: Mikhail S. Nikulin (Editor); N. Balakrishnan (Editor); M. Mesbah (Editor); Nikolaos Limnios (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Birkhäuser Boston
Published: June 24, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 555
ISBN-13: 9780817632311
Subjects: Applied mathematics; Probability & statistics; Nonparametric statistics; Applied; Mathematics; Science/Mathematics; Probability & Statistics - General; Mathematics / Statistics; Mathematics : Applied; Industrial applications
First sentence: The relationship between the survival time and covariates very often is expressed through the proportional hazards model proposed originally by Cox (1972).