Small sample inference for exponential survival times with heavy right-censoring

作者: Robert L. Paige , Noroharivelo V. Randrianampy

DOI: 10.1080/03610926.2019.1639743

关键词: Small sampleEconometricsHazard ratioInferenceStatisticsExponential functionConfidence intervalMathematicsBootstrap confidence interval

摘要: We develop a saddlepoint-based method and several generalized Bartholomew methods for generating confidence intervals about the hazard rate of exponential survival times in presence heavy ra...

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