On the likelihood of mixture cure models

Antai Wang; Yilong Zhang; Yongzhao Shao

doi:10.1016/j.spl.2017.08.006

On the likelihood of mixture cure models

Antai Wang, Yilong Zhang, Yongzhao Shao

Mathematical Sciences

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Abstract

The EM algorithm has been used for inference of the mixture cure models. However, the complete-data and incomplete-data specifications have never been postulated appropriately in literature. The goal of this paper is to fill in this gap by deriving proper specifications.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	51-55
Number of pages	5
Journal	Statistics and Probability Letters
Volume	131
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spl.2017.08.006
State	Published - Dec 2017

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Statistics and Probability
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty

Keywords

Complete-data likelihood
EM algorithm
Mixture cure model
Survival transformation models

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