Inference Based on Imputed Failure Times for the Proportional Hazards Model with Interval-Censored Data
区间删失比例风险模型中基于插补失效时间的推断
We propose an approach to the proportional hazards model for interval-censored data in which parameter estimates are obtained by solving estimating equations that are the partial likelihood score equations for the full-data proportional hazards model, averaged over all rankings of imputed failure times consistent with the observed censoring intervals. Imputed failure times are generated using a parametric estimate of the baseline distribution; the parameters of the baseline…