A new semiparametric Weibull cure rate model: fitting different behaviors within GAMLSS

Authors :: Thiago G. Ramires
Josmar Mazucheli
Ana Julia Righetto
Rodrigo R. Pescim
Luiz Ricardo Nakamura
Gauss M. Cordeiro
Source :: Journal of Applied Statistics. 46:2744-2760
Publication Year :: 2019
Publisher :: Informa UK Limited, 2019.
Abstract: We propose a new semiparametric Weibull cure rate model for fitting nonlinear effects of explanatory variables on the mean, scale and cure rate parameters. The regression model is based on ...

Subjects :: Statistics and Probability
Cure rate
021103 operations research
Scale (ratio)
0211 other engineering and technologies
Model fitting
Regression analysis
02 engineering and technology
P splines
Residual
01 natural sciences
010104 statistics & probability
Nonlinear system
Statistics
0101 mathematics
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
Mathematics
Weibull distribution

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