Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods

The Korean Statistical Society (한국통계학회)
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Confidence Bands for Survival Function Based on Hjort Estimator

  • Byung-Gu Park (Professor, Department of Statistics, Kyungpook National University, Taegu, Korea) ;
  • Kil-Ho Cho (Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, Kyungpook National University, Taegu, Korea) ;
  • Woo-Dong Lee (Full-time Lecturer, Department of statistics, Kyungsan University Kyungsan, Kyungpook, Korea.) ;
  • Young-Joon Cha (Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, Andong National University, Andong, Kyungpook, Korea)
  • Published : 1996.08.01
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Abstract

In this paper, we derive the Hall-Wellner band and the equal precistion band for survival function based on Hjort when the data are randomly right censored. The bands ate illustrated and compared by applying them to data from a preoperative radiation therapy.

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