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Abstract #302173

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Activity Number:	446
Type:	Contributed
Date/Time:	Thursday, August 7, 2003 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
Sponsor:	Section on Statistical Computing
Abstract - #302173
Title:	Efficient Programming Techniques and Statistics
Author(s):	Muhammad Jalaluddin*+
Companies:	Pfizer, Inc.
Address:	50 Pequot Avenue, New London, CT, 06320-5410,
Keywords:	bootstrap ; Markov chain Monte Carlo ; Metropolis-Hastings algorithm ; frailty ; Cox's proportional hazards model
Abstract:	Modern statistical methods are largely dependent on sophisticated computational techniques. Many of these methods are computationally demanding. The success of these methods depends on effective use of modern computer technologies. The use of object oriented programming techniques in statistics is discussed. Customized data structure is developed for Cox's proportional hazards model with frailties. An application of this method is demonstrated on a real dataset.

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