From Basic Survival Analytic Theory to a Non-Standard Application

• Main Author: Zimmermann, Georg (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer Spektrum, 2017.
• Series: BestMasters
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Probabilities.; Biomathematics.; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.; Mathematical and Computational Biology.

Georg Zimmermann provides a mathematically rigorous treatment of basic survival analytic methods. His emphasis is also placed on various questions and problems, especially with regard to life expectancy calculations arising from a particular real-life dataset on patients with epilepsy. The author sh...

Table of Contents:

• Regression Models for Survival Data
• Model Checking Procedures
• Life Expectancy.