Paper
Efficient Algorithms for Computing the Impact of Factors on Survival Time and the Confidence Intervals
- Authors:
- Jun Tian; Xiaodong Wang; Daxin Zhu
- Abstract
- In some researches, time is a target variable. Factors that may influence the occurring time of an outcome need to be analysed. The effect of a factor on an outcome is often modified by another factor because there is an interaction between them. The analysis of the interaction between the factors is very important for us to better understand the mechanism of the effect that factors exert on an outcome. This paper proposes the method to evaluate interactions of the factors and their 95% confidence intervals in survival analysis. These factors are influencing the survival time of patients with cancer, and their interactions are successfully analysed by the method.
- Keywords
- Interaction; Survival Time; Confidence Intervals; Survival Analysis
- StartPage
- 105
- EndPage
- 109
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