Lifetime Models with Nonconstant Shape Parameters

In its standard form, a lifetime regression model usually assumes that the time until an event occurs has a constant shape parameter and a scale parameter that is a function of covariates. In this paper we consider lifetime models with shape parameter dependent on a vector of covariates. Two specia...

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Main Authors: Josmar Mazucheli, Francisco Louzada-Neto, Jorge Alberto Achcar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Estatística | Statistics Portugal 2003-11-01
Series:Revstat Statistical Journal
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Online Access:https://revstat.ine.pt/index.php/REVSTAT/article/view/4