Statistical Methods for Multi-type Recurrent Event Data Based on Monte Carlo EM Algorithms and Copula Frailties
In this dissertation, we are interested in studying processes which generate events repeatedly over the follow-up time of a given subject. Such processes are called recurrent event processes and the data they provide are referred to as recurrent event data. Examples include the cancer recurrences, r...
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Virginia Tech
2016
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/64981 |