Strong consistency of presmoothed Kaplan-Meier integrals when covariables are present
Authors:
Jacobo de U
a-
lvarez; M. Celia Rodr
guez-Campos
a-
lvarez; M. Celia Rodr
guez-Campos
DOI:
10.1080/02331880412331316065
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Subjects:
Mathematical Statistics;
Statistical Theory & Methods;
Statistics;
Statistics for the Biological Sciences;
Stochastic Models & Processes;
Number of References: 21
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Abstract
It is known that the Kaplan-Meier estimation may be improved via presmoothing methods. In this article, we introduce an extended presmoothed Kaplan-Meier estimator in the presence of covariates. The main result is the strong consistency of general empirical integrals based on such an estimator. As applications, one can obtain a consis-tent multivariate empirical distribution under censoring, and also can obtain a consistent estimation of regression parameters. We illustrate the new estimation methods through simulations and real data analysis.
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| Keywords: Censoring; Covariates; Martingales; Presmoothing |
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