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BAYESIAN REGRESSION ANALYSIS OF DATA WITH CENSORED INITIATING AND TERMINATING TIMES: APPLICATIONS TO AIDS.
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Journal of Statistical Computation & Simulation . 2000 Keywords and Author Indexes, Vol. 65 Issue 1, p1. 21p. 1 Chart, 4 Graphs. - Publication Year :
- 2000
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Abstract
- Data with censored initiating and terminating times arises quite frequently in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemiologic studies. Analysis of such data involves a complicated bivariate likelihood, which is difficult to deal with computationally. Bayesian analysis, on the other hand, presents added complexities that have yet to be resolved. By exploiting the simple form of a complete data likelihood and utilizing the power of a Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithm, this paper presents a methodology for fitting Bayesian regression models to such data. The proposed methods extend the work of Sinha (1997), who considered non-parametric Bayesian analysis of this type of data. The methodology is illustrated with an application to a cohort of HFV infected hemophiliac patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *BAYESIAN analysis
*AIDS
*EPIDEMIOLOGY
*REGRESSION analysis
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00949655
- Volume :
- 65
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Statistical Computation & Simulation
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 10315351
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00949650008811987