A NEW METHOD FOR ESTIMATING LIFE DISTRIBUTIONS FROM INCOMPLETE DATA

We construct a new estimator for a continuous life distribution from incomplete data, the Piecewise Exponential Estimator (PEXE). === To date the principal method of nonparametric estimation from incomplete data is the Product-Limit Estimator (PLE) introduced by Kaplan and Meier {J. Amer. Statist. A...

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Other Authors: KITCHIN, JOHN FRANCIS.
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Online Access: http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/lib/digcoll/etd/3084762