Simulating Coxian phase-type distributions for patient survival

DOI10.1111/j.1475-3995.2009.00672.xzbMath1168.90544OpenAlexW2087128312MaRDI QIDQ3393986

Mariangela Zenga, Adele H. Marshall

Publication date: 28 August 2009

Published in: International Transactions in Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://pure.qub.ac.uk/ws/files/632394/ITORS09.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

Markov processessurvival analysisstochastic modelsstatistical distributionshealth serviceselderly healthcare

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Case-oriented studies in operations research (90B90)

Related Items (3)

Experimenting with the Coxian phase-type distribution to uncover suitable fits ⋮ A compound negative binomial distribution with mutative termination conditions based on a change point ⋮ Parametric survival densities from phase-type models

Uses Software

• Matlab
• Optimization Toolbox

Cites Work

• An investigation of phase-distribution moment-matching algorithms for use in queueing models
• Minimum Distance and Robust Estimation
• On inferring the number of phases in a coxian phase-type distribution
• Conditional phase-type distributions for modelling patient length of stay in hospital
• Examples of fitting structured phase–type distributions
• A Simplex Method for Function Minimization
• A new look at the statistical model identification
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