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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Autores: Sorribas, Albert, Muiño, José M., Rué, Montserrat|||0000-0002-7862-9365, Fibla, Joan|||0000-0002-3255-2227
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2006
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:97482
Acesso em linha:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/97482
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Univariate distributions
Survival analysis
Kaplan-Meier
Descrição
Resumo: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.