A comparison of the conditional inference survival forest model to random survival forests based on a simulation study as well as on two applications with time-to-event data

Abstract Background Random survival forest (RSF) models have been identified as alternative methods to the Cox proportional hazards model in analysing time-to-event data. These methods, however, have been criticised for the bias that results from favouring covariates with many split-points and hence...

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Main Authors: Justine B. Nasejje, Henry Mwambi, Keertan Dheda, Maia Lesosky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-017-0383-8