Destructive power series long-term survival model with complex activation schemes
Date Issued
2019
Author(s)
Gallardo, Diego I.
Bolfarine, Heleno
Pedroso-de-Lima, Antonio C.
Romeo, Jose S.
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.4310/SII.2019.v12.n4.a6
Abstract
A new destructive cure rate model is introduced based on a family of power series distribution for the number of concurrent causes related to the event of interest. A mixture of first and last activation schemes is considered. For parameter estimation a classical approach based on maximum likelihood methodology is implemented. The performance of estimation procedure is evaluated based on a small scale simulation study. The model is also considered on a real data example, involving congestive heart failure patients.


