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9781584880752

Analysis of Failure and Survival Data

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  • ISBN13:

    9781584880752

  • ISBN10:

    1584880759

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 2002-02-26
  • Publisher: Chapman & Hall/

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Summary

Analysis of Failure and Survival Data is an essential textbook for graduate-level students of survival analysis and reliability and a valuable reference for practitioners. It focuses on the many techniques that appear in popular software packages, including plotting product-limit survival curves, hazard plots, and probability plots in the context of censored data. The author integrates S-Plus and Minitab output throughout the text, along with a variety of real data sets so readers can see how the theory and methods are applied. He also incorporates exercises in each chapter that provide valuable problem-solving experience.In addition to all of this, the book also brings to light the most recent linear regression techniques. Most importantly, it includes a definitive account of the Buckley-James method for censored linear regression, found to be the best performing method when a Cox proportional hazards method is not appropriate.Applying the theories of survival analysis and reliability requires more background and experience than students typically receive at the undergraduate level. Mastering the contents of this book will help prepare students to begin performing research in survival analysis and reliability and provide seasoned practitioners with a deeper understanding of the field.

Author Biography

Peter J. Smith is Head of the Department of Statistics and Operations Research at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.

Table of Contents

Survival Distributions
1(18)
Hazard Models
19(18)
Reliability of Systems
37(18)
Data Plots
55(18)
Censoring and Lifetables
73(22)
The Product-Limit Estimator
95(24)
Parametric Survival Models under Censoring
119(24)
Fitting Parametric Regression Models
143(24)
Cox Proportional Hazards
167(20)
Linear Regression with Censored Data
187(28)
Buckley-James Diagnostics and Applications
215(31)
References 246(6)
Index 252

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