Bayesian Bivariate Cure Rate Models Using Copula Functions

Jie Huang, Haiming Zhou, Nader Ebrahimi
2022 International Journal of Statistics and Probability  
Bivariate survival cure rate models extend the understanding of time-to-event data by allowing for a cured fraction of the population and dependence between paired units and make more accurate and informative conclusions. In this paper, we propose a Bayesian bivariate cure rate mode where a correlation coefficient is used for the association between bivariate cure rate fractions and a new generalized Farlie Gumbel Morgenstern (FGM) copula function is applied to model the dependence structure of
more » ... bivariate survival times. For each marginal survival time, we apply a Weibull distribution, a log normal distribution, and a flexible three-parameter generalized extreme value (GEV) distribution to compare their performance. For the survival model fitting, DIC and LPML are used for model comparison. We perform a goodness-of-fit test for the new copula. Finally, we illustrate the performance of the proposed methods in simulated data and real data via Bayesian paradigm.
doi:10.5539/ijsp.v11n3p9 fatcat:stob265cfzhrhkjmit25x3662m