The Use of Split Exponential and Split Weibull Analyse Survival Data With Long Term Survivors

• Main Author: Rahmatina, Desi
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Survival analysis (Biometry) - Case studies
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/6213/1/FS_2005_12.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/6213/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

The split population model is a flexible way of extending the standard survival analytical methods to failure time data in which susceptibles and long-term survivors coexist. Susceptibles would develop the event with certainty if complete follow-up were possible, but the long-term survivors would...