Parametric and Semiparametric Models with Applications to Reliability, Survival Analysis, and Quality of Life

Part I: Cox Models and Analyses Estimation in Partly Parametric Additive Cox Models / H. Läuter Nonparametric Maximum Likelihood Estimation in the Proportional Hazards Model with Covariate Measurement Error / J-F. Dupuy Diagnostics for Cox's Proportional Hazards Model / C. Caroni Part II: Degradation Models and Analyses Semiparametric Analysis of Degradation and Failure Time Data with Covariates / V. Bagdonavicius and M. Nikulin On a Degradation-Failure Model for Repairable Items / A. Lehmann Comparison of Parametric and Semiparametric Estimates in a Degradation Model with Covariates and Traumatic Censoring / V. Couallier Part III: Accelerated Failure Time Models and Analyses Accelerated Life Testing, Fuzzy Information and Generalized Probability / R. Viertl Asymptotic Theory in Rank Estimation for AFT Model under Fixed Censorship / Z. Jin and Z. Ying An Example of Optimal Design in Accelerated Experiments / L. Gerville-Reache Part IV: Aging Properties and Analyses Aspects of Multivariate Aging in Exchangeable Frailty Models / F. Spizzichino Semiparametric Models in the Studies of Aging and Longevity / A. I. Yashin Part V: Analyses of Censored and Truncated Data Semiparametric Transformation Models for Arbitrarily Censored and Truncated Data / C. Huber-Carol and F. Vonta EM Algorithm for Type-II Right Censored Bivariate Normal Data / N. Balakrishnan and J.-A. Kim Statistical Estimation Based on Interval Censored Data / M.S. Tikhov Part VI: Regression Methods and Applications The Covariate Order Method for Nonparametric Exponential Regression and Some Applications in Other Lifetime Models J.V. Kvaløy and B.H. Lindquist Effect of Ignoring Heterogeneity in Hazards Regression / H-D. I. Wu Part VII: Time-Series Analysis An Introduction to Efficient Estimation for SemiparametricTime Series / P. E. Greenwood, U. U. Mueller and W. Wefelmeyer Part VIII: Inferential Methods Distance-Based Multivariate Two Sample Tests / C. M. Cuadras and J. Fortiana Empirical Likelihood in

N. Balakrishnan is an Associate Director and Professor at Department of Aerospace Engineering and Supercomputer Edu- cation and Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science. His research interests include numerical electromagnetic, multi-parameter radars, and signal processing. His publications include 19 books and many peer-reviewed journal papers.