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Activity Number: 517
Type: Invited
Date/Time: Thursday, August 2, 2007 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Biometrics Section
Abstract - #308075
Title: Robust Estimation of State Occupancy Probabilities with Interval-Censored Multistate Data
Author(s): Richard J. Cook*+ and David Tolusso
Companies: University of Waterloo and University of Waterloo
Address: 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada
Keywords: interval-censoring ; multi-state data ; robust estimation ; state occupancy
Abstract:

Interest frequently lies in estimation of state occupancy probabilities with multistate data. We consider robust methods of estimating occupancy probability functions with progressive multistate data where the transition times are interval censored. An emphasis is on weakly parametric models based on Markov assumptions and based on differences in marginal survivor functions. Robustness to semi-Markov models and dependent assessment times are studied. The methods are illustrated by application to data from a cancer clinical trial.

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