Parametric survival densities from phase-type models

DOI10.1007/S10985-013-9278-0zbMath1357.62307OpenAlexW2009728718WikidataQ87288022 ScholiaQ87288022MaRDI QIDQ509841

Eric V. Slud, Jiraphan Suntornchost

Publication date: 21 February 2017

Published in: Lifetime Data Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10985-013-9278-0

zbMATH Keywords

EM algorithmMarkov chainmaximum likelihoodlatent class modelright-censored survival datatransition intensityflowgraph model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classification and discrimination; cluster analysis (statistical aspects) (62H30) Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10) Nonparametric estimation (62G05) Censored data models (62N01) Reliability and life testing (62N05)

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