Estimating mean lifetime

Estimating Mean Quality Adjusted Lifetime with Censored Data

In the clinical trials of chronic diseases such as cancer or AIDS, it has been increasingly recognized that it is not enough just to consider simple time to event end points. For example, a new experimental drug may prolong overall survival time of patients, but in the meantime, it can be toxic for a longer period of time. Therefore, the trade-off between the quality and quantity of life of pat...

Mean Lifetime Measurements*

We review B and B mean lifetime measurements, including direct measurements and determination of the lifetime ratio via measurements of the ratio of branching ratios. We present world averages.

Estimating differences in restricted mean lifetime using observational data subject to dependent censoring.

In epidemiologic studies of time to an event, mean lifetime is often of direct interest. We propose methods to estimate group- (e.g., treatment-) specific differences in restricted mean lifetime for studies where treatment is not randomized and lifetimes are subject to both dependent and independent censoring. The proposed methods may be viewed as a hybrid of two general approaches to accountin...

Estimating Mean Dimensionality

Estimating spatial mean soil moisture

Estimating spatial mean root-zone soil moisture from point-scale observations A. J. Teuling, R. Uijlenhoet, F. Hupet, E. E. van Loon, and P. A. Troch Hydrology and Quantitative Water Management Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands Department of Environmental Sciences and Land Use Planning, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium Institute for Biodiversit...