Lifetime Data: Models in Reliability and Survival Analysis

Nicholas P. Jewell

ISBN 10: 0792337832 / ISBN 13: 9780792337836

Published by Springer, Springer Nov 1995, 1995

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This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Statistical models and methods for lifetime and other time-to-event data are widely used in many fields, including medicine, the environmental sciences, actuarial science, engineering, economics, management, and the social sciences. For example, closely related statistical methods have been applied to the study of the incubation period of diseases such as AIDS, the remission time of cancers, life tables, the time-to-failure of engineering systems, employment duration, and the length of marriages.This volume contains a selection of papers based on the 1994 International Research Conference on Lifetime Data Models in Reliability and Survival Analysis, held at Harvard University. The conference brought together a varied group of researchers and practitioners to advance and promote statistical science in the many fields that deal with lifetime and other time-to-event-data. The volume illustrates the depth and diversity of the field. A few of the authors have published their conference presentations in the new journal Lifetime Data Analysis (Kluwer Academic Publishers).Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 428 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lifetime Data: Models in Reliability and Survival Analysis
• Publisher: Springer, Springer Nov 1995
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0792337832
• ISBN 13: 9780792337836
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 241W x 160H x 28D millimeters 241 millimeters width by 160 millimeters height by 28 millimeters depth
• Weight: 805 grams

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Statistical models and methods for lifetime and other time-to-event data are widely used in many fields, including medicine, the environmental sciences, actuarial science, engineering, economics, management, and the social sciences. For example, closely related statistical methods have been applied to the study of the incubation period of diseases such as AIDS, the remission time of cancers, life tables, the time-to-failure of engineering systems, employment duration, and the length of marriages.
This volume contains a selection of papers based on the 1994 International Research Conference on Lifetime Data Models in Reliability and Survival Analysis, held at Harvard University. The conference brought together a varied group of researchers and practitioners to advance and promote statistical science in the many fields that deal with lifetime and other time-to-event-data. The volume illustrates the depth and diversity of the field. A few of the authors have published their conference presentations in the new journal Lifetime Data Analysis (Kluwer Academic Publishers).