An MM Algorithm for the Frailty-Based Illness Death Model with Semi-Competing Risks Data - Huang, Xifen; Xu, Jinfeng; Guo, Hao; Shi, Jianhua; Zhao, Wenjie (Mathematics (Basel), 2022)
Keywords: Algorithms; Causes of; colon cancer data; Data analysis; Death; Frailty; Illnesses; marginal likelihood; Methods; MM algorithm; Parameter estimation; Risk assessment; semi-competing risk gamma frailty model; surrogate function; China