• ISBN13: 9780817632311
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: N/A
• Publisher: Springer
• Publisher Imprint: Birkhauser
• Publication Date: June 24, 2004
• Pages: 555
• Original Price: EUR 149.99
• Language: English
• Edition: 2004
• Item Weight: 1248 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Probability & Statistics / General and Applied

Parametric and semiparametric models are tools with a wide range of applications to reliability, survival analysis, and quality of life. This self-contained volume examines these tools in survey articles written by experts currently working on the development and evaluation of models and methods. While a number of chapters deal with general theory, several explore more specific connections and recent results in "real-world" reliability theory, survival analysis, and related fields. Specific topics covered include:

* cancer prognosis using survival forests

* short-term health problems related to air pollution: analysis using semiparametric generalized additive models

* semiparametric models in the studies of aging and longevity

This book will be of use as a reference text for general statisticians, theoreticians, graduate students, reliability engineers, health researchers, and biostatisticians working in applied probability and statistics.