An EM algorithm for the estimation of parameters of a flexible cure rate model with generalized gamma lifetime and model discrimination using likelihood- and information-based methods

DOI10.1007/s00180-014-0527-9zbMath1342.65019OpenAlexW2042674307WikidataQ122905249 ScholiaQ122905249MaRDI QIDQ736998

Suvra Pal, Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan

Publication date: 5 August 2016

Published in: Computational Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00180-014-0527-9

zbMATH Keywords

likelihood ratio testBayesian information criterion (BIC)maximum likelihood estimatorsAkaike information criterion (AIC)long-term survivorConway-Maxwell Poisson (COM-Poisson) distribution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Computational methods for problems pertaining to statistics (62-08) Classification and discrimination; cluster analysis (statistical aspects) (62H30) Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10) Point estimation (62F10)

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Uses Software

• SPLIDA

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