A generalized Kaplan-Meier estimator (Q796209)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3864298
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3864298 |
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A generalized Kaplan-Meier estimator (English)
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1984
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A class of nonparametric maximum likelihood estimators of the survival function based on incomplete or right-censored data is derived in the general situation that the time to death and the time to loss (censoring) are not necessarily independent. This is the competing risks problem with two causes of failure. It is shown that in the special case of independent causes, the Kaplan- Meier product-limit estimator is obtained as a member of this class of estimators. Also, a ''weight matrix'' is introduced as a possible way to study various dependent models.
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incomplete data
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maximum likelihood estimators
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survival function
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right- censored data
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competing risks
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Kaplan-Meier product-limit estimator
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weight matrix
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0.8211902379989624
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0.8180897831916809
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0.8176933526992798
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0.8155613541603088
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