Small sample bias in the gamma frailty model for univariate survival

DOI10.1007/s10985-004-0387-7zbMath1080.62069WikidataQ44816629 ScholiaQ44816629MaRDI QIDQ2575273

Robin Henderson, Peter Barker

Publication date: 8 December 2005

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10985-004-0387-7

zbMATH Keywords

smoothing; bias; censoring; proportional hazards model; local likelihood; gamma frailty; E-M algorithm; life history data

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62P10: Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis

62G05: Nonparametric estimation

62N02: Estimation in survival analysis and censored data

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