A review of semi-parametric models for life histories.
The development of various generalizations of Cox's proportional hazards regression model to the study of more complicated life histories is reviewed. Cox's paper provided a framework for the regression modelling of single failure (deaths) in terms of a proportional hazards assumption and subsequent work has extended this approach to the cases of multiple (non-catastrophic) failures, multi-state life histories, non-independent failure times (family studies and matched pairs), and more complicated censoring mechanisms.
D000818:Animals; D001699:Biometry; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009026:Mortality; D011157:Population Dynamics