Likelihood-based testing and model selection for hazard functions with unknown change-points

The focus of this work is the development of testing procedures for the existence of change-points in parametric hazard models of various types. Hazard functions and the related survival functions are common units of analysis for survival and reliability modeling. We develop a methodology to test fo...

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Main Author: Williams, Matthew Richard
Other Authors: Statistics
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/26835
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04132011-101328/