Applicability of multiplicative and additive hazards regression models in survival analysis
Background: Survival analysis is sometimes called time-to-event analysis. The Cox model is used widely in survival analysis, where the covariates act multiplicatively on unknown baseline hazards. However, the Cox model requires the proportionality assumption, which limits its applications. The addit...
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University of Saskatchewan
2011
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Online Access: | http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-04082011-154713/ |