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Monte Carlo methods for nonparametric survival model determination
Authors:Maura Mezzetti  Paolo Giudici
Institution:(1) Department of Statistics “G. Parenti”, University of Florence, Viale Morgagni 59, 50134 Florence, Italy
Abstract:In the causal analysis of survival data a time-based response is related to a set of explanatory variables. Definition of the relation between the time and the covariates may become a difficult task, particularly in the preliminary stage, when the information is limited. Through a nonparametric approach, we propose to estimate the survival function allowing to evaluate the relative importance of each potential explanatory variable, in a simple and explanatory fashion. To achieve this aim, each of the explanatory variables is used to partition the observed survival times. The observations are assumed to be partially exchangeable according to such partition. We then consider, conditionally on each partition, a hierarchical nonparametric Bayesian model on the hazard functions. We define and compare different prior distribution for the hazard functions.
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