Two-step and joint likelihood methods for joint models

Survival data often arise in longitudinal studies, and the survival process and the longitudinal process may be related to each other. Thus, it is desirable to jointly model the survival process and the longitudinal process to avoid possible biased and inefficient inferences from separate inferences...

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Main Author: Ye, Qian
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43059