On the likelihood of mixture cure models

Authors

Antai Wang, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Yilong Zhang, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Yongzhao Shao, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-1-2017

Abstract

The EM algorithm has been used for inference of the mixture cure models. However, the complete-data and incomplete-data specifications have never been postulated appropriately in literature. The goal of this paper is to fill in this gap by deriving proper specifications.

Identifier

85030850037 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Statistics and Probability Letters

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spl.2017.08.006

ISSN

01677152

First Page

51

Last Page

55

Volume

131

Fund Ref

Nanjing Institute of Technology

Recommended Citation

Wang, Antai; Zhang, Yilong; and Shao, Yongzhao, "On the likelihood of mixture cure models" (2017). Faculty Publications. 9140.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/fac_pubs/9140