ARTICLE
ABSTRACT
The paper deals with a class of non-parametric estimators of conditional probabilities of failure prior x+y given survival to x under the random and observable right-censorship model. The proposed estimators are based on a specific sequential sampling scheme. Application of the estimators in life-table analysis is presented.
KEYWORDS
Life-table analysis, non-parametric estimation, right-censored data, sequential sampling
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