Modeling Cancer Remission Time Data by Means of the Max Erlang Binomial Distribution

Comput Math Methods Med. 2021 Sep 24:2021:9932729. doi: 10.1155/2021/9932729. eCollection 2021.

Abstract

In this paper, a statistical simulation algorithm for the power series distribution, called the Max Erlang Binomial distribution, is proposed, analyzed, and tested for bladder cancer remission time data. In order to present the simulation technique, the EM algorithm for statistical estimation aimed at estimating the model parameters is described.

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms*
  • Binomial Distribution
  • Computational Biology
  • Computer Simulation
  • Humans
  • Likelihood Functions
  • Models, Statistical
  • Neoplasms / mortality
  • Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Probability
  • Remission Induction*
  • Systems Analysis
  • Time Factors
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / mortality
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / therapy