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Parametric and Semiparametric Models with Applications to Reliability, Survival Analysis, and Quality of Life Softcover Repri Edition
Contributor(s): Nikulin, M. S. (Editor), Balakrishnan, N. (Editor), Mesbah, Mounir (Editor)
ISBN: 146126491X     ISBN-13: 9781461264910
Publisher: Birkhauser
OUR PRICE:   $113.99  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: October 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- Mathematics | Probability & Statistics - General
- Mathematics | Applied
Dewey: 519.5
Series: Statistics for Industry and Technology
Physical Information: 1.21" H x 7" W x 10" (2.26 lbs) 555 pages
 
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Parametric and semiparametric models are tools with a wide range of applications to reliability, survival analysis, and quality of life. This self-contained volume examines these tools in survey articles written by experts currently working on the development and evaluation of models and methods. While a number of chapters deal with general theory, several explore more specific connections and recent results in "real-world" reliability theory, survival analysis and related fields.

Specific topics covered include:

* non-parametric estimation of lifetimes of subjects exposed to radiation

* statistical analysis of simultaneous degradation-mortality data with covariates of the aged

* estimation of maintenance efficiency in semiparametric imperfect repair models

* cancer prognosis using survival forests

* short-term health problems related to air pollution: analysis using semiparametric generalized additive models

* parametric models in accelerated life testing and fuzzy data

* semiparametric models in the studies of aging and longevity

This book will be of use as a reference text for general statisticians, theoreticians, graduate students, reliability engineers, health researchers, and biostatisticians working in applied probability and statistics.