Parametric and Semiparametric Models with Applications to Reliability, Survival Analysis, and Quality of Life - Paperback

Parametric and semiparametric models are tools with a wide range of applications to reliability, survival analysis, and quality of life. This self-contained volume examines these tools in survey articles written by experts currently working on the development and evaluation of models and methods. While a number of chapters deal with general theory, several explore more specific connections and recent results in "real-world" reliability theory, survival analysis, and related fields. Specific topics covered include: * cancer prognosis using survival forests * short-term health problems related to air pollution: analysis using semiparametric generalized additive models * semiparametric models in the studies of aging and longevity This book will be of use as a reference text for general statisticians, theoreticians, graduate students, reliability engineers, health researchers, and biostatisticians working in applied probability and statistics.

• | Author: M. S. Nikulin
• | Publisher: Birkhauser
• | Publication Date: Oct 23, 2012
• | Number of Pages: 555 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 146126491X
• | ISBN-13: 9781461264910