Univariate Parametric Survival Analysis using GS-distributions

The GS-distribution is a family of distributions that provide an accurate representation of any unimodal univariate continuous distribution. In this contribution we explore the utility of this family as a general model in survival analysis. We show that the survival function based on the GS-distribu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Sorribas Tello, Albert, Muiño, José M., Rué i Monné, Montserrat, Fibla Palazón, Joan
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2006
País:España
Institución:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)
Repositorio:Repositori Obert UdL
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.udl.cat:10459.1/47106
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/47106
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Univariate distributions
Survival analysis
Kaplan-Meier
Estadística
Distribució (Teoria de la probabilitat)
Descripción
Sumario:The GS-distribution is a family of distributions that provide an accurate representation of any unimodal univariate continuous distribution. In this contribution we explore the utility of this family as a general model in survival analysis. We show that the survival function based on the GS-distribution is able to provide a model for univariate survival data and that appropriate estimates can be obtained. We develop some hypotheses tests that can be used for checking the underlying survival model and for comparing the survival of different groups.