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Block and Basu bivariate lifetime distribution in the presence of cure fraction
- Source :
- Journal of Applied Statistics. 40:1864-1874
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2013.
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Abstract
- This paper presents estimates for the parameters included in the Block and Basu bivariate lifetime distributions in the presence of covariates and cure fraction, applied to analyze survival data when some individuals may never experience the event of interest and two lifetimes are associated with each unit. A Bayesian procedure is used to get point and confidence intervals for the unknown parameters. Posterior summaries of interest are obtained using standard Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods in rjags package for R software. An illustration of the proposed methodology is given for a Diabetic Retinopathy Study data set.
Details
- ISSN :
- 13600532 and 02664763
- Volume :
- 40
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Applied Statistics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........da808d7f739003a44a44bac17a5e43e8