Advances in survival analysis. (2004)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by N. Balakrishnan and C.R. Rao.
• Editors: Balakrishnan, N, 1956-; Rao, C. Radhakrishna (Calyampudi Radhakrishna), 1920-
• Contents: Cover -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- PART I: GENERAL METHODOLOGY -- Chapter 1. Evaluation of the Performance of Survival Analysis Models: Discrimination and Calibration Measures -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Discrimination index -- 3. Calibration measures in survival analysis -- Appendix A -- References -- Chapter 2. Discretizing a Continuous Covariate in Survival Studies -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Techniques based on the Cox model with a single covariate -- 3. Extensions of Contal and O'Quigley's approach -- 4. Discussion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 3. On Comparison of Two Classification Methods with Survival Endpoints -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Degree of separation index -- 3. Estimation and inference procedures -- 4. Distribution property of test statistics under the null hypothesis -- 5. Application examples -- 6. Discussion and conclusion -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Chapter 4. Time Varying Effects in Survival Analysis -- 1. Time varying effects in survival analysis -- 2. Estimation for proportional or additive models -- 3. Testing in proportional and additive hazards models -- 4. Survival with malignant melanoma -- 5. Discussion -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Chapter 5. Kaplan-Meier Integrals -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The SLLN -- 3. The CLT -- 4. Bias -- 5. The jackknife -- 6. Censored correlation and regression -- 7. Conclusions -- References -- PART II: CENSORED DATA AND INFERENCE -- Chapter 6. Statistical Analysis of Doubly Interval-Censored Failure Time Data -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Nonparametric estimation of a distribution function -- 3. Semiparametric regression analysis -- 4. Nonparametric comparison of survival functions -- 5. Discussion and future researches -- References -- Chapter 7. The Missing Censoring-Indicator Model of Random Censorship -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Overview of the estimators of a survival function -- 3. Semiparametric estimation in the MCI model -- 4. Conclusion -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Chapter 8. Estimation of the Bivariate Survival Function with Generalized Bivariate Right Censored Data Structures -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Modeling the censoring mechanism -- 3. Constructing an initial mapping from full data estimating functions to observed data estimating functions -- 4. Generalized Dabrowska's estimator -- 5. Orthogonalized estimating function and corresponding estimator -- 6. Simulations -- 7. Discussion -- Appendix A -- References -- Chapter 9. Estimation of Semi-Markov Models with Right-Censored Data -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Definition of the estimators -- 3. Asymptotic distribution of the estimators -- 4. Generalization to models with covariates -- 5. Discussion -- References -- PART III: TRUNCATED DATA AND INFERENCE -- Chapter 10. Nonparametric Bivariate Estimation with Randomly Truncated Observations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Estimation of the bivariate distribution function -- 3. Estimation of bivariate hazard -- 4. Biv.
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam Boston : Elsevier North-Holland
• Publication Date: 2004
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxv, 795 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 519.5/46; Failure time data analysis; Survival Analysis; Analyse de survie (Statistique); Analyse des temps entre défaillances; Modèle statistique; Overlevingsanalyse; Temps entre défaillances, Analyse des; MATHEMATICS -- Probability & Statistics -- General; Failure time data analysis; Overlevingsanalyse; Analyse des temps entre défaillances; Analyse de survie (Statistique); Modèle statistique; Statistik; Ereignisdatenanalyse; Industrie; Electronic books; Aufsatzsammlung
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0444500790; 9780444500793; 9780080495118; 0080495117
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from HTML table of contents page (ScienceDirect, viewed Jan. 13, 2014).
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