Understanding the shape of the hazard rate: A process point of view. (With comments and a rejoinder).

DOI10.1214/ss/998929473zbMath1059.62613OpenAlexW1569393825MaRDI QIDQ1431189

Håkon K. Gjessing, Odd O. Aalen

Publication date: 27 May 2004

Published in: Statistical Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1214/ss/998929473

zbMATH Keywords

Wiener processsurvival analysisMarkov chainhazard ratequasistationary distributionFirst passage time

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10) Survival analysis and censored data (62N99) Applications of Brownian motions and diffusion theory (population genetics, absorption problems, etc.) (60J70) Boundary theory for Markov processes (60J50)

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