Analysis of hybrid censored competing risks data. (English) Zbl 1367.62278
Summary: In this paper, we consider the analysis of hybrid censored competing risks data, based on Cox’s latent failure time model assumptions. It is assumed that lifetime distributions of latent causes of failure follow Weibull distribution with the same shape parameter, but different scale parameters. Maximum likelihood estimators (MLEs) of the unknown parameters can be obtained by solving a one-dimensional optimization problem, and we propose a fixed-point type algorithm to solve this optimization problem. Approximate MLEs have been proposed based on Taylor series expansion, and they have explicit expressions. Bayesian inference of the unknown parameters are obtained based on the assumption that the shape parameter has a log-concave prior density function, and for the given shape parameter, the scale parameters have Beta-Gamma priors. We propose to use Markov chain Monte Carlo samples to compute Bayes estimates and also to construct highest posterior density credible intervals. Monte Carlo simulations are performed to investigate the performances of the different estimators, and two data sets have been analysed for illustrative purposes.
MSC:
| 62N01 | Censored data models |
| 62N02 | Estimation in survival analysis and censored data |
| 62N05 | Reliability and life testing |
Keywords:
maximum likelihood estimators; approximate maximum likelihood estimators; type-I and type-II censoring; Fisher information matrix; latent failure rate; Markov chain Monte CarloReferences:
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