Dynamical biostatiscal models. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editors, Daniel Commenges, Hélène Jacqmin-Gadda.
• Authors: Commenges, Daniel
• Editors: Commenges, Daniel; Jacqmin-Gadda, Hélène, 1968-
• Contents: Introduction; General presentation of the book; Organization of the book; Notation; Presentation of examples Classical Biostatistical Models ; Inference; Generalities on inference: the concept of model; Likelihood and applications; Other types of likelihoods and estimation methods; Model choice; Optimization algorithms Survival Analysis; Introduction; Event, origin, and functions of interest; Observation patterns: censoring and truncation; Estimation of the survival function; The proportional hazards model; Accelerated failure time model; Counting processes approach; Additive hazards models; Degradation models Models for Longitudinal Data; Linear mixed models; Generalized mixed linear models; Non-linear mixed models; Marginal models and generalized estimating equations (GEE); Incomplete longitudinal data; Modeling strategies Advanced Biostatistical Models ; Extensions of Mixed Models; Mixed models for curvilinear outcomes; Mixed models for multivariate longitudinal data; Latent class mixed models Advanced Survival Models; Relative survival; Competing risks models; Frailty models; Extension of frailty models; Cure models Multistate Models; Introduction; Multistate processes; Multistate models: generalities; Observation schemes; Statistical inference for multistate models observed in continuous time; Inference for multistate models from interval-censored data; Complex functions of parameters: individualized hazards, sojourn times; Approach by counting processes; Other approaches Joint Models for Longitudinal and Time-to-Event Data; Introduction; Models with shared random effects; Latent class joint model; Latent classes versus shared random effects; The joint model as prognostic model; Extension of joint models The Dynamic Approach to Causality; Introduction; Local independence, direct and indirect influence; Causal influences; The dynamic approach to causal reasoning in ageing studies; Mechanistic models; The issue of dynamic treatment regimes Appendix: Software Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : Chapman & Hall/CRC
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 614.4; Biometry; Epidemiology -- Statistical methods; Medical statistics
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781498729680
• Related ISBNs: 9781498729673
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; item not viewed.
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