On the analysis of quasi-life tables.
Baxter (1994) defined a quasi-life table in which the data arise from many concurrent, independent, discrete-time renewal processes. The processes are not observed individually, only the total numbers of renewals at each time point are observed. The estimates proposed by Baxter (1994), based on the discrete-time renewal equation, are studied more formally here, and some extensions are made.
Imperial College, Mathematics Department, 180 Queen's Gate, Huxley Building, London SW7 2BZ, UK. m.crowder@imperial.ac.uk
Martin
M
Crowder
David
D
Stephens
D015331:Cohort Studies; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D015993:Life Tables; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D015233:Models, Statistical; D016012:Poisson Distribution; D016019:Survival Analysis