Nonparametric estimation of transition probabilities in a two-stage duration model
Authors:
Dorota M. Dabrowska a;
Waidong Lee a
| Affiliation: | a Department of Biostatistics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA |
DOI:
10.1080/10485259608832692
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8 issues per year
Subjects:
Mathematical Economics;
Mathematical Finance;
Medical Statistics;
Statistical Theory & Methods;
Statistics;
Statistics for the Biological Sciences;
Stochastic Models & Processes;
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Abstract
We consider nonparametric estimation of bivariate distribution functions, and more generally transition probabilities from censored duration times of successive events. The model differs from standard bivariate censoring models in that censoring and sojourn times form dependent variables and as a result of it parameters arising in many survival function estimates fail to be asymptotically identifiable. Averaged Beran's conditional Kaplan-Meier estimate is shown here to yield a consistent estimate of transition probabilities. A standardized version of the estimate behaves asymptotically as a Gaussian process which can be represented in terms of stochastic integrals with respect to one and two-parameter Brownian Motions. The result is used to construct tests for independence of successive duration times and illustrated on data from an AIDS study.
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| Keywords: Markov renewal processes; competing risk models; nonparametric regression; censoring |
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