Semiparametric Analysis of Survival Data with Applications in Agricultural Science

This thesis explores the association between a response variable and various regressors in dairy cattle breeding data using the various survival models in general and the partially linear single index survival model (PLSISM) in particular. In this study calf survival data and culling data were used....

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Main Author: Sewalem, Asheber
Other Authors: Desmond
Language:en
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10214/3650