A new measure of association for bivariate survival data |
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Authors: | N. Unnikrishnan Nair P.G. Sankaran |
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Affiliation: | Department of Statistics, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin 682022, India |
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Abstract: | Time dependent association measures between variables are of interest in bivariate survival data. Several such measures have been proposed in literature for the modelling and analysis of survival data. In this paper, we introduce a new measure of association for bivariate survival data using product moment residual life function and mean residual life function. Various properties of the proposed measure and its relationship with existing measures are discussed. We also develop a non-parametric estimator of the measure and study its asymptotic properties. The application of the result is illustrated using a real life data. Finally, a stimulation study is carried out to assess the performance of the estimator. |
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Keywords: | Measure of association Clayton's measure Mean residual life function Product moment residual life function |
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