Failure-Time with Delayed Onset

Authors

  • Man Yu Wong Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  • D.R. Cox Nuffield College

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.57805/revstat.v13i3.173

Keywords:

survival data, unobserved time origin, moment estimation, maximum likelihood estimation

Abstract

A special distribution is suggested for the analysis of survival data in which there is a long random delay before the onset of the terminal process. Estimation by the method of moments and by maximum likelihood is compared.

Published

2015-11-19

How to Cite

Yu Wong , M., & Cox , D. (2015). Failure-Time with Delayed Onset. REVSTAT-Statistical Journal, 13(3), 227–231. https://doi.org/10.57805/revstat.v13i3.173