Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods

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Semiparametric accelerated failure time model for the analysis of right censored data

  • Jin, Zhezhen (Department of Biostatistics, Columbia University)
  • Received : 2016.11.26
  • Accepted : 2016.11.27
  • Published : 2016.11.30
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Abstract

The accelerated failure time model or accelerated life model relates the logarithm of the failure time linearly to the covariates. The parameters in the model provides a direct interpretation. In this paper, we review some newly developed practically useful estimation and inference methods for the model in the analysis of right censored data.

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