Random weighting estimation for survival function under right censorship

Abstract

The random weighting method is an emerging computing method in statistics. In this paper, we propose a novel estimation of the survival function for right censored data based on the random weighting method. Under some regularity conditions, we prove the strong consistency of this estimation.

Keywords

Right censored data / survival function / random weighting method

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