Parametric and Semiparametric Models with Applications to Reliability, Survival Analysis, and Quality of Life

By Mikhail Nikulin

Book Overview

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:

* cancer prognosis using survival forests

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

* 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 146126491X
• ISBN13: 9781461264910
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Birkhauser
• Length: 555 Pages
• Weight: 2.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.0" x 10.0"