RPEXE.RPEXT: Reduced Piecewise Exponential Estimate/Test Software

Description References

Description

This reduced piecewise exponential survival software implements the likelihood ratio test and backward elimination procedure in Han, Schell, and Kim (2012, 2014), and Han et al. (2016). Inputs to the program can be either times when events/censoring occur or the vectors of total time on test and the number of events. Outputs of the programs are times and the corresponding p-values in the backward elimination. Details about the model and implementation are given in Han et al. 2014. This program can run in R version 3.2.2 and above.

References

[1] Han, G., Schell, M. J., and Kim, J. (2012) “Comparing Two Exponential Distributions Using the Exact Likelihood Ratio Test," Statistics in Biopharmaceutical Research, 4(4), 348-356.

[2] Han, G., Schell, M. J., and Kim, J. (2014) “Improved Survival Modeling in Cancer Research Using a Reduced Piecewise Exponential Approach," Statistics in Medicine, 33(1), 59-73.

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