Modeling Survival Data Using Frailty Models : Second Edition /

This book presents the basic concepts of survival analysis and frailty models, covering both fundamental and advanced topics. It focuses on applications of statistical tools in biology and medicine, highlighting the latest frailty-model methodologies and applications in these areas. After explaining...

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Main Author: Hanagal, David D. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Series:Industrial and Applied Mathematics,
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book presents the basic concepts of survival analysis and frailty models, covering both fundamental and advanced topics. It focuses on applications of statistical tools in biology and medicine, highlighting the latest frailty-model methodologies and applications in these areas. After explaining the basic concepts of survival analysis, the book goes on to discuss shared, bivariate, and correlated frailty models and their applications. It also features nine datasets that have been analyzed using the R statistical package. Covering recent topics, not addressed elsewhere in the literature, this book is of immense use to scientists, researchers, students and teachers.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XXIV, 295 pages 50 illustrations, 15 illustrations in color.)
ISBN:9789811511813
ISSN:2364-6845
DOI:10.1007/978-981-15-1181-3