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2.2 Functions Characterising Lifetime Random Variable |
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2.3 Exponential Distribution as Model for No-Ageing |
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15 | (3) |
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18 | (5) |
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23 | (1) |
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2.6 Relative Ageing of Two Probability Distributions |
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24 | (3) |
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27 | (4) |
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2.9 IFRA Closure Property |
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31 | (2) |
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2.10 Bounds on the Reliability Function of an IFRA Distribution |
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33 | (4) |
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3 Some Parametric Families of Probability Distributions |
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37 | (16) |
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37 | (1) |
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39 | (1) |
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40 | (3) |
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3.5 Linear Failure Rate Family |
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43 | (1) |
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43 | (1) |
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3.8 The Distribution of a Specific Parallel System |
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44 | (2) |
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46 | (1) |
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3.11 Some Further Properties of the Exponential Distribution |
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47 | (6) |
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4 Parametric Analysis of Survival Data |
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53 | (1) |
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4.2 Method of Maximum Likelihood |
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53 | (5) |
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4.3 Parametric Analysis for Complete Data |
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58 | (12) |
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4.4 Parametric Analysis of Censored Data |
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70 | (37) |
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5 Non-parametric Estimation of the Survival Function |
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5.2 Uncensored (complete) Data |
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107 | (3) |
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110 | (31) |
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6 Tests for Exponentiality |
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141 | (30) |
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141 | (1) |
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6.3 Tests for Exponentiality |
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146 | (25) |
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7 Two-sample Non-parametric Problem |
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171 | (1) |
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7.2 Complete or Uncensored Data |
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172 | (2) |
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7.3 Randomly Censored (right) Data |
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174 | (17) |
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8 Proportional Hazards and Other Regression Models |
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191 | (50) |
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191 | (2) |
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193 | (4) |
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197 | (8) |
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8.4 Test for Constant of Proportionality in PH Model |
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205 | (7) |
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212 | (7) |
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8.6 Accelerated Lifetime (ALT) Model |
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219 | (22) |
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9 Analysis of Competing Risks |
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241 | (18) |
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241 | (1) |
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9.2 The Model for General Competing Risks |
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242 | (1) |
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9.3 Independent Competing Risks |
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243 | (2) |
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9.4 Bounds on the Joint Survival Function |
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245 | (1) |
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9.5 The Likelihood for Parametric Models with Independent Latent Lifetimes |
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245 | (1) |
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9.6 Tests for Stochastic Dominance of Independent Competing Risks |
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246 | (4) |
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9.7 Tests for Proportionality of Hazard Rates of Independent Competing Risks |
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250 | (3) |
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9.8 Tests in the Context of Dependent Competing Risks |
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253 | (6) |
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259 | (12) |
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259 | (1) |
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260 | (1) |
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10.3 Probabilistic Models |
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260 | (1) |
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10.4 Joint Distributions of the Failure Times |
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261 | (2) |
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10.5 Estimation of Parameters |
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10.6 Unconditional Tests for the Time Truncated Case |
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Appendix: Statistical Analyses Using R |
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References |
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Index |
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