Statistical Models and Methods for Lifetime Data (eBook)

Jerald F. Lawless (Autor)

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2011 | 2. Auflage
664 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-03125-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Praise for the First Edition

"An indispensable addition to any serious collection on lifetime
data analysis and . . . a valuable contribution to the statistical
literature. Highly recommended . . ."

-Choice

"This is an important book, which will appeal to statisticians
working on survival analysis problems."

-Biometrics

"A thorough, unified treatment of statistical models and methods
used in the analysis of lifetime data . . . this is a highly
competent and agreeable statistical textbook."

-Statistics in Medicine

The statistical analysis of lifetime or response time data is a key
tool in engineering, medicine, and many other scientific and
technological areas. This book provides a unified treatment of the
models and statistical methods used to analyze lifetime data.

Equally useful as a reference for individuals interested in the
analysis of lifetime data and as a text for advanced students,
Statistical Models and Methods for Lifetime Data, Second Edition
provides broad coverage of the area without concentrating on any
single field of application. Extensive illustrations and examples
drawn from engineering and the biomedical sciences provide readers
with a clear understanding of key concepts.

New and expanded coverage in this edition includes:

* Observation schemes for lifetime data

* Multiple failure modes

* Counting process-martingale tools

* Both special lifetime data and general optimization
software

* Mixture models

* Treatment of interval-censored and truncated data

* Multivariate lifetimes and event history models

* Resampling and simulation methodology

Autor

JERALD F. LAWLESS, PhD, is a professor and holder of the General Motors Canada-NSERC Industrial Research Chair in the Department of Statistics & Actuarial Science at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

Inhalt

Basic Concepts and Models.

Observation Schemes, Censoring and Likelihood.

Some Nonparametric and Graphical Procedures.

Inference Procedures for Parametric Models.

Inference procedures for Log-Location-Scale Distributions.

Parametric Regression Models.

Semiparametric Multiplicative Hazards Regression Models.

Rank-Type and Other Semiparametric Procedures for
Log-Location-Scale Models.

Multiple Modes of Failure.

Goodness of Fit Tests.

Beyond Univariate Survival Analysis.

Appendix A. Glossary of Notation and Abbreviations.

Appendix B. Asymptotic Variance Formulas, Gamma Functions and Order
Statistics.

Appendix C. Large Sample Theory for Likelihood and Estimating
Function Methods.

Appendix D. Computational Methods and Simulation.

Appendix E. Inference in Location-Scale Parameter Models.

Appendix F. Martingales and Counting Processes.

Appendix G. Data Sets.

References.

Rezensionen

"...a welcome addition to the literature on survival
analysis...for a unified and thorough reference of classical theory
and models, this book is an excellent choice." (Journal of
the American Statistical Association, March 2004)

"This book is a role-model for other who are planning to write
books...every statistician and applied researcher ought to have
this book in their collection." (Journal of Statistical
Computation and Simulation, October 2003)

"...expanded and updated with recent research...a valuable
reference...this book...merits a place on the bookshelf of anyone
concerned with the analysis of lifetime data from any field.
(Technometrics, Vol. 45, No. 3, August 2003)

"...updated version of the popular text...this excellent book
will serve as either a reference or a graduate-level textbook."
(Short Book Reviews, Vol. 23, No. 2, August 2003)

"...excellent...provides a wealth of information for those
familiar with the area." (Pharmaceutical Research, Vol. 20,
No. 9, September 2003)

"...the author's aim is to cover lifetime data analysis without
concentrating exclusively on any field of applications...he
succeeds quite well..." (Zentralblatt Math, 2003)

"...rewritten to reflect new developments..."
(Quarterly of Applied Mathematics, Vol. LXI, No. 2, June
2003)

"Compared with the large number of other good textbooks in the
this field, this is one of the best. I highly recommend that all
applied statisticians add this volume to their libraries."
(Applied Clinical Trials, May 2003)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.1.2011
• Reihe/Serie: Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics
• Reihe/Serie: Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Angewandte Mathematik
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Statistik
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Wahrscheinlichkeit / Kombinatorik
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Angew. Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechn. u. Statistik / Lebensdaueranalyse • Applied Probability & Statistics - Survival Analysis • Mathematik / Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie, Statistik • Statistics • Statistik
• ISBN-10: 1-118-03125-3 / 1118031253
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-03125-4 / 9781118031254