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Asymptotic theory for the correlated gamma-frailty model

Erik Parner

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Abstract

The frailty model is a generalization of Cox's proportional hazard model, where a shared unobserved quantity in the intensity induces a positive correlation among the survival times. Murphy showed consistency and asymptotic normality of the nonparametric maximum likelihood estimator (NPMLE) for the shared gamma-frailty model without covariates. In this paper we extend this result to the correlated gamma-frailty model, and we allow for covariates. We discuss the definition of the nonparametric likelihood function in terms of a classical proof of consistency for the maximum likelihood estimator, which goes back to Wald. Our proof of the consistency for the NPMLE is essentially the same as the classical proof for the maximum likelihood estimator. A new central limit theorem for processes of bounded variation is given. Furthermore, we prove that a consistent estimator for the asymptotic variance of the NPMLE is given by the inverse of a discrete observed information matrix.

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Source
Ann. Statist. Volume 26, Number 1 (1998), 183-214.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 28 August 2002

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http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aos/1030563982

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1214/aos/1030563982

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR1611788

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0934.62101

Subjects
Primary: 62M09: Non-Markovian processes: estimation
Secondary: 62G05: Estimation

Keywords
Nonparametric maximum likelihood estimation survival data heterogeneity correlated frailty central limit theorem semiparametric models

Citation

Parner, Erik. Asymptotic theory for the correlated gamma-frailty model. Ann. Statist. 26 (1998), no. 1, 183--214. doi:10.1214/aos/1030563982. http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aos/1030563982.


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