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Survival probabilities for HIV infected patients through semi-Markov processes

Biometrical Letters
Volume 51 (2014): Issue 1 (June 2014)
By: Giovanni Masala,  Giuseppina Cannas and  Marco Micocci  
Open Access
|Jun 2014

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bile-2014-0002 | Journal eISSN: 2199-577X | Journal ISSN: 1896-3811
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Language: English
Page range: 13 - 36
Published on: Jun 6, 2014
Published by: Polish Biometric Society
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
semi-Markov process,
HIV states,
waiting time distribution,
evolution equation,
survival probabilities,
Monte Carlo simulation
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Bioinformatics,
Life sciences, other,
Mathematics,
Probability and statistics,
Applied mathematics

© 2014 Giovanni Masala, Giuseppina Cannas, Marco Micocci, published by Polish Biometric Society
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