Let X(t), t ≥ 0, be a real or vector valued stochastic process and T a random killing-time of the process which generally depends on the sample function. In the context of survival analysis, T ...

Survival analysis modelling approaches are often required to capture the survival functions seen in clinical trial data. These approaches are also used to extrapolate to estimate lifetime benefits in ...

Journal of Applied Probability, Vol. 42, No. 3 (Sep., 2005), pp. 892-901 (10 pages) In this article, we consider the limit behavior of the hazard rate function of mixture distributions, assuming ...