The aim of this book is to suggest and exemplify a systematic methodology for analysing survival data which contains "immune", or "cured" individuals, denoted generically as "long-term survivors". Such data occurs in medical and epidemiological applications, where the intention may be to identify whether or not cured or immune individuals are present in a population, perhaps as a result of treatments given; in the analysis of recidivism data in criminology, where the intentions are similar with respect to prisoners released from and possibly returning to prison; and in many other areas where followup data is available on individuals, with the possibility that not all suffer the event under investigation. Both nonparametric and parametric methods are proposed and developed. The effects of covariate information can be assessed via a kind of generalised linear framework in the parametric analyses. The proposed methodologies are supported by asymptotic analyses and simulations of real situations. While these theoretical underpinnings are presented in reasonable rigour and detail, the book is aimed very much at the practitioner who wishes to analyse survival data with (or even without) immunes.

Survival Analysis with Long-Term Survivors

Science & Math

Zhou, Xian

Maller, Ross A.

Biological Sciences

wiley

Many interesting and important results on stochastic scheduling problems have been developed in recent years, with the aid of probability theory. This book provides a comprehensive and unified coverage of studies in stochastic scheduling. The objective is two-fold: (i) to summarize the elementary models and results in stochastic scheduling, so as to offer an entry-level reading material for students to learn and understand the fundamentals of this area and (ii) to include in details the latest developments and research topics on stochastic scheduling, so as to provide a useful reference for researchers and practitioners in this area.
Optimal Stochastic Scheduling is organized into two parts: Chapters 1-4 cover fundamental models and results, whereas Chapters 5-10 elaborate on more advanced topics. More specifically, Chapter 1 provides the relevant basic theory of probability and then introduces the basic concepts and notation of stochastic scheduling. In Chapters 2 and 3, the authors review well-established models and scheduling policies, under regular and irregular performance measures, respectively. Chapter 4 describes models with stochastic machine breakdowns. Chapters 5 and 6 introduce, respectively, the optimal stopping problems and the multi-armed bandit processes, which are necessary for studies of more advanced subjects in subsequent chapters. Chapter 7 is focused on optimal dynamic policies, which allow adjustments of policies based on up-to-date information. Chapter 8 describes stochastic scheduling with incomplete information in the sense that the probability distributions of random variables contain unknown parameters, which can however be estimated progressively according to updated information. Chapter 9 is devoted to the situation where the processing time of a job depends on the time when it is started. Lastly, in Chapter 10 the authors look at several recent models beyond those surveyed in the previous chapters.

Optimal Stochastic Scheduling (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, 207)

Business & Money

Cai, Xiaoqiang

Wu, Xianyi

Management & Leadership

Springer

This comprehensive book details elementary models and results in stochastic scheduling. It also presents the latest developments and research topics in the area.

This book is the best-selling book on finance and economics of Zhou Xian, known as the  "" Investment strategist of rich Chinese"". It is an award-winning investment classic in Hong Kong.  You will be more smarter, and more understand what stock is   money flows is the key thing in stock trading. It also unveils a large number of insider hypes, which is not known or have no way to know by general people. The hypes, however, may be the main factors that decide whether a stock will go ups and downs. That is just the writing angle of the book,to tell,as a investment wise man, good words that others dont understand and so can never speak out and the necessary quality for the success of individual investors.

Zhou Xians Secret for Selecting Stocks (Chinese Edition)

Shanxi Peoples Publishing House

Cultural modernity and aesthetic problems (Paperback)

China Renmin University Press; 1 (December 1. 2005

Sketch - Teaching Front (Chinese Edition)

Heilongjiang Fine Arts Publishing House

student health education

Shanghai University Press Limited Pub. Date :2008

碳六十之劍 三之二 下

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