Piecewise Linear Approximations for Cure Rate Models and Associated Inferential Issues

Methodology and Computing in Applied Probability - Tập 18 Số 4 - Trang 937-966 - 2016
N. Balakrishnan1, Markos V. Koutras2, Fotios S. Milienos1, Suvra Pal3
1Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
2Department of Statistics and Insurance Science, University of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece
3Department of Mathematics, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, USA

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