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Calculating the Hazard Function and Probability of Tumor for Cancer Risk Assessment When the Parameters Are Time‐Dependent
Author(s) -
Quinn Dennis W.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
risk analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.972
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1539-6924
pISSN - 0272-4332
DOI - 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1989.tb01006.x
Subject(s) - hazard , function (biology) , probability density function , statistics , mathematics , computer science , chemistry , biology , evolutionary biology , organic chemistry
The probability of tumor and hazard function are calculated in a stochastic two‐stage model for carcinogenesis when the parameters of the model are time‐dependent. The method used is called the method of characteristics.