The Frailty Model / by Luc Duchateau and Palul Janssen. Duchateau, Luc. Janssen, Paul. Statistics. Statistics as Topic. Survival Analysis Congresses. 519.5 DUF Includes bibliographical references and index. "This book provides an in-depth discussion and explanation of the basics of frailty model methodology. The discussion includes parametric and semiparametric frailty models and accelerated failure time models. Common techniques to fit frailty models include the EM-algorithm, penalised likelihood techniques, Laplacian integration and Bayesian techniques. More advanced frailty models for hierarchical data are also included."--BOOK JACKET. New York : Springer Verlag, c2008. c2008. 2008 Text xvii, 316 p. : eng Statistics for biology and health Statistics for biology and health.