Competing risks for reliability analysis using Cox’s model

• Main Authors: Mohamed Elfaki, Faiz Ahmed, Daud, Isa, Ibrahim, Nor Azowa, Abdullah, M. Y., Usman, Mustofa
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7664/1/Competing%20risks%20for%20reliability%20analysis%20using%20Cox.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7664/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02644400710748698

Purpose – Cox’s model with Weibull distribution and Cox’s with exponential distribution are the most important models in reliability analysis. This paper seeks to show that, with a large sample size based on expectation maximization (EM) algorithm, both models give similar results. Design/methodo...